Union Wins Right To Offer Strippers Vacation Time

[matcom]

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SYDNEY, Australia -- 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," a union spokeswoman called Mystical Melody said. "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.

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

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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[Random_Australian]

1. Oh YEAH!! The current gov't is trying to

smack that commission down, but til' it goes, it'll do what it was designed to do and give everyone the best possible conditions.

Oh, yeah.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Can I look for the union label?

:D

[matcom]

3. Inspected by #12

:bounce:

[Random_Australian]

4. and #13 and #14 and half of the department!

nyah nyah ya boo sucks to you: If they were a half women workforce you'd still get half the department.

[ThomCat]

5. Good for them.

It's good to see a strong union somewhere doing what their supposed to be doing.

[swag]

6. Julia Query made a very good documentary some years back

called Live Nude Girls Unite! about when the dancers at the famous San Francisco peep-house/jack-shack (with a Seattle counterpart) the Lusty Lady organized and got better working conditions.

Recommended.