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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:23 AM
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Union Wins Right To Offer Strippers Vacation Time
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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.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/8139458/detail.html
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:25 AM
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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.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:51 AM
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2. Can I look for the union label?
:D
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:53 AM
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3. Inspected by #12
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 07:54 AM
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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.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 08:42 AM
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5. Good for them.
It's good to see a strong union somewhere doing what their supposed to be doing.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 08:56 AM
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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.
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