...cont. A. Be in DENIAL and continue being a Drone, a Scab, or a Stepford Stripper. Women are taught to serve men and never question and challenge mens' fucked-up rules and attitudes towards women (misogyny) and over OUR bodies. Sitting around in the dressing room complaining about how shitty things are gets tired after a while. Management deliberately chooses not to acknowledge dancers' rights because they're busy getting rich off our sweat and pussy juices. Its about time that we women take back control of our bodies and our business. Regardless of whether you're an employee or an "independent contractor", you have a right to fair, healthy, and tolerable work conditions. B. Be shaking your groove thang @ the Lusty Lady, SF. Girlfriends got it together to organize for their rights for tolerable working conditions. Today, the LLs and their dancer reps (shop stewards) sit across the table from management when policies or rules are being made effecting dancers. The Lusty Ladies are FIERCE because they OWN THEIR POWER. Are you an Employee? There are tons of labor, tax, health and safety codes violations by management of all the clubs The commission systems currently in place are ILLEGAL and dancers are entitled to receiving reimbursements of any and all the "commissions" they have paid out because these monies are from TIPS that dancers have earned. Infact, dancers have been coming forward and filing complaints with the Labor Commission and are in the process of collecting their unpaid wages & commission reimbursements. If you are concerned about any of your working conditions, contact EDA (can provide help filing your complaint ) and/or: Dept. of Industrial Relations Dept. Of Labor Standards Enforcement/Wage Claims Office @ 415-557-7200 30 Van Ness Ave, Suite 3400, SF, CA 94102 Jose Millan, Labor Commissioner @ 415-975-2080 Miles Locker, Labor Commission Attorney @ 415-975-2060

Are you an "Independant Contractor"? Even if you're currently misclassified as an "independent contractor" and/or have gotten a small business license, it doesn't make you a real independent contractor. Management is avoiding their legal & tax responsibilities to their dancer employees. Exotic dancers have been legally recognized by the Labor Commission to in fact, and without any doubt, be employees. If you still really want to be an independent contractor, consider a career as a FEATURE. The terms of a feature's work & services is closest one in a strip club that accurately fits the status of an independent contractor, unless you're an plumber, interior designer, or electrician. The CRITERIA that the Labor Commission used to determine that ALL EXOTIC DANCERS ARE EMPLOYEES was based on the Degree Of Control Management Exerts on Dancers' & Our Working Conditions: (How many can you check off??)   Dancers' labor and services are essential to the function and purpose of adult entertainment business. Without Dancers, the clubs would have no business. Dancers perform their labor and services at a particular site i.e. the strip club Management requires dancers to schedule particular shifts that they want or are available to work. Management determines the shift's dance rotation Management exerts any control in what a dancer wears("get a wig") or doesn't wear ("be nude by the end of your last song") looks like ("get a tit job", "lose 10 pounds", "no tatoos or piercings") dances to ("no rap or metal" or jukebox music) charges for private shows ("you can only charge $20 for a naked lapdance")charges for private shows (³you can only charge $20 for a naked lapdance²) The majority of a Dancer's Income is from a particular club. Dancers don't have the freedom to leave the club premises during the time of her shift.   CONTINUE--->   last update 05-16-98 site maintained by Catherine