How A Group Of Dancers Sparked A Unionization Effort At A Los Angeles Strip Club
The women hope to make Star Garden the first unionized strip club in 25 years.
Otillia Steadman is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
The women hope to make Star Garden the first unionized strip club in 25 years.
The dancers at Star Gardens in Los Angeles would be the only unionized club in the country.
Strippers United had planned protests over unsafe working conditions and the firing of two dancers.
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