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    I see this as both positive and negative. I guess I have a fear that this could lead to over-regulation - or regulation PERIOD - of the business...

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060317/...ippers__rights

    Strippers Win Right to Meal Breaks, OT

    Fri Mar 17, 8:15 AM ET


    Australian strippers have won the right to take time off after taking their clothes off.

    The country's Industrial Relations Commission on Friday approved new workplace rules for members of the strippers' union, the Striptease Artists Australia.

    "We've got rights to have public holiday pay now, which we've never had in our career before," said a union spokeswoman called Mystical Melody. "We've got rosters and set hours. We can't work more than 10 hours a shift."

    The award also entitles unionized strippers to overtime, rest periods, meal breaks and maternity leave, she added.

    "The majority of workers in the industry are women," Melody said, "so it's probably a really great thing for them to be able to feel confident of having a job after they've had their babies."

    Industrial relations commissioner Bill Mansfield said the award set out minimum working conditions but did not set out pay rates.

    It was not immediately clear how many members the union has. Its members are believed to work mainly in strip bars and as erotic dancers.

    In the past, other strippers have criticized the union, saying its demands for better pay and conditions could lead to job losses.




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    It's in Australia. While it impacts them, I doubt it will make any change to the laws in the U.S. one iota.

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    Hmm, this is the first I've heard about it.
    I personally think the Australian Strippers Union is a load of bollocks - partly because they seem to be so obscure! I'd love to know how many members they have verses the amount of strippers in Auatralia.

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    Default Re: Stripper Union Victory

    Quote Originally Posted by aussiepunkshocker
    Hmm, this is the first I've heard about it.
    I personally think the Australian Strippers Union is a load of bollocks - partly because they seem to be so obscure! I'd love to know how many members they have verses the amount of strippers in Auatralia.
    I'd love to hear how they expect someone using the name 'Mystical Melody' to be taken serious as a spokesperson.

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    I kinda think it's a pain that any woman expect maternity leave from a job. That's why women get paid less overall. Because we take maternity leave and cost the company more money. I think it's entirely too sexist. Either do away with maternity leave (choose to get pregnant, choose to raise the child and forgo the job) or make paternity leave as well.

    And my club offers lunch breaks and doesn't like you working long hours either, but'll let you if you need the money. Any club that doesn't let you go outside (had one like that, ugh) to get some food and take a break is really hurting you to make their own money.

    I think stripper unions in general are a bad idea.

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