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 activites 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 US, have taken the form of unionisation. The book analyses the basis and contexts for this struggle and assesses the opportunities and challenges facing these unionisation projects.
Author(s): Gregor Gall
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 264
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 12
2 The ‘Sex Work’ Discourse and Debate......Page 32
3 The Political Economy of the Sex Industry......Page 47
4 Antecedents of Organising Sex Workers......Page 57
5 Sex Worker Union Organising in the United States......Page 76
6 Glimpsing the Potential? The GMB/IUSW in Britain......Page 106
7 Sex Worker Organising in Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Canada and New Zealand......Page 134
8 Propensities to Organise......Page 171
9 Barriers to Organising......Page 198
10 Conclusion......Page 233
References......Page 246
C......Page 258
I......Page 259
N......Page 260
S......Page 261
Z......Page 263
