Sex workers Unite ! Film screening and discussion
Le jeudi 8 juin 2023, à 20h00.
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Centre culturel Georges-Vanier, 2450 Workman (métro Lionel-Groulx)
Sex workers are some of the most exploited workers! Even though some of us earn good income, we suffer from the lack of legal protections in our workplace, which leads to violence and injuries!
But we had enough of it!
From the United States to New Zealand, from Argentina to the UK, sex workers are striking to demand safety and better working conditions!
The Sex Work Autonomous Committee is a Montreal-based political organization that aims to get better working conditions accross the sex industry.
During the Festival Brûlance, a radical queer festival, SWAC will be hosting a screening of the movie Live Nude Girls Unite! that tells the story of the unionization of the peepshow Lusty Ladies (2000). The screening will be followed by a discussion on sex workers strike and challenges of whoreganization in our workplaces!
SYNOPSIS
Documentary look at the 1996-97 effort of the dancers and support staff at a San Francisco peep show, The Lusty Lady, to unionize. Angered by arbitrary and race-based wage policies, customers' surreptitious video cameras, and no paid sick days or holidays, the dancers get help from the Service Employees International local and enter protracted bargaining with the union-busting law firm that management hires. We see the women work, sort out their demands, and go through the difficulties of bargaining.
Documentary look at the 1996-97 effort of the dancers and support staff at a San Francisco peep show, The Lusty Lady, to unionize. Angered by arbitrary and race-based wage policies, customers' surreptitious video cameras, and no paid sick days or holidays, the dancers get help from the Service Employees International local and enter protracted bargaining with the union-busting law firm that management hires. We see the women work, sort out their demands, and go through the difficulties of bargaining.
The screening will be held on June 8th from 8pm to 11 pm at the Centre culturel George-Vanier (Salle Desjardins (2.115)) au 2450 Rue Workman. The building is wheelchair accessible and the closest metro station is Lionel-Groulx.
This workshop is open to sex workers and allies.
The screening and the discussion that will follow will be held in English only. If that prevent you from coming to the event, let us know and we'll find a way to accomodate you.
For any other accessibility needs, write to us at cats.swac.mtl@gmail.com
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