Los Angeles Strip Club Dancers Vote to Form First Exotic Dancers Union in Decades

Dancers at the Star Garden strip club in Los Angeles gained union recognition after a year-long battle, becoming the only unionized strippers currently working in the U.S.
The club owners withdrew their challenges to the union election, agreeing to recognize the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents over 51,000 actors and stage managers, as the dancers’ union.
Negotiations for a first contract will begin within 30 days.
The union victory comes after the club locked out and fired dancers last year for raising health and safety concerns.
The new union marks the first successful organizing effort for strippers in the U.S. since 1996.