
Knights, queens and strippers are helping fuel the spike in US unionizing efforts
CNN
US strippers haven't successfully unionized since the effort at San Francisco's Lusty Lady in the 1990s, but the dancers at LA's Star Garden club are trying anyway — in an environment where more American workers are sensing their own power.
More than a dozen of the club's dancers say they've been locked out for four-plus months because they petitioned the owners to reinstate two of their fired colleagues, improve security and safety measures, and recognize their right to form a union.
US strippers haven't successfully unionized since the effort at San Francisco's Lusty Lady in the 1990s, but the Star Garden workers are trying anyway — and they're doing so in an environment where more American workers are leveraging their own power.

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