Credit: Work Safe Twerk Safe
The stripper advocacy group has been dismissed as a “moot” by judges after calling that strip club closures violated Charter rights.
Work Safe Twerk Safe argued the difference in accommodations made for other businesses that resulted in exotic dancers being excluded from labour protections as well as no room for strippers to be consulted in safety measures.
“On September 26, 2020 the Government of Ontario closed down strip clubs without warning or consulting strippers. At the same time, other similar businesses such as bars continued to be allowed to operate. Strippers are not demanding we be given exceptional treatment in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – we only want to be treated fairly. This means being consulted about the implementation of prevention and other occupational health and safety measures at our workplaces, rather than government officials assuming we are vectors of disease that pose particular risk to public health.” reads the groups GoFundMe page for legal costs exceeding over $3,000.
“Like other workers, strippers do not want to get or transmit COVID-19; we only want the chance to make money under reasonable safety conditions like other in-person service workers.”
Ex-Exotic dancer Natasha from Windsor notes the vulnerability for currently strippers is saddening.
“I definitely feel for them because this can be their only means of work.”
Many dancers feel the increased stigmatization and vulnerability continued to endure amid their workplace regulations in the pandemic
With the court dismissal of the advocacy group, reasons for the decision why will be released at a later date.
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