| Description |
viii, 252 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The 'sex work' discourse and debate -- 3. The political economy of the sex industry -- 4. Antecedents of organising sex workers -- 5. Sex worker union organising in the United States -- 6. Glimpsing the potential? : the GMB/IUSW in Britain -- 7. Sex worker organising in Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Canada and New Zealand -- 8. Propensities to organise -- 9. Barriers to organising -- 10. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Sex Worker Union Organising is the first study of the emerging phenomenon of sex workers - prostitutes, exotic dancers such as lap dancers, porn models and actresses, and sex chatline workers - asserting that their economic activities are work and as such, they are entitled to workers' rights. The most developed instances of this struggle, in Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand and the USA, have taken the form of unionisation. Sex Worker Union Organising analyses the basis and contexts for this struggle and assesses the opportunities and challenges facing these unionization projects. It concludes that the most significant obstacles to the advance of these unionisation projects are the sparsity of sex worker union activists and the paucity of understanding of the sex work discourse by sex workers and non-sex workers alike."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index |
| Subject |
Labor unions -- Organizing -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Prostitutes -- Labor unions -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Prostitutes -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| LC no. |
2006044786 |
| ISBN |
1403949255 (cloth) |
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9781403949257 (hbk.) |
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