Montreal sex workers to demonstrate for stronger labour rights on F1 weekend
About 200 people joined the march, and organizers said dancers sometimes pay more in bar fees than they earn.
- On Saturday, about 200 sex workers and supporters marched through downtown Montreal during the Formula One Grand Prix weekend to demand better working conditions.
- The Sex Work Autonomous Committee organized the strike, noting that dancers are generally treated as self-employed workers, which means they lack Quebec workplace safety regulations.
- Harriet, a strip club worker, said some managers charge dancers up to $100 in nightly bar fees. "We're competing with maybe 30 other women to sell dances, and you might not actually sell any," she said.
- Committee member Adore Goldman said the group seeks full decriminalization and labour protections. "We are already having an impact on the clubs," Goldman said, noting enough dancers walked off the job.
- Participant Rebaynia supports decriminalization to help end human trafficking and improve safety. Organizers advocate for systemic changes to protect workers from arbitrary penalties and mistreatment beyond the immediate strike.
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The demonstrators took advantage of the Grand Prix de Formula 1 held this weekend in Montreal to protest their working conditions.
Some 200 people took part in an event organized during the Grand Prix weekend to demand better working conditions.
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Montreal sex workers march for stronger labour rights on F1 weekend
MONTREAL — A group of sex workers and their supporters marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday to demand better working conditions, as hundreds of thousands of tourists converge on the city for Grand Prix weekend.
Under the eyes of passers-by dressed in Formula 1 caps and evening clothes, more than a hundred demonstrators — including several sex workers on strike — walked the streets of downtown Montreal to denounce their working conditions. But the call for a strike was not unanimous.
Naked dancers, escorts, masseuses and other sex workers took the streets of downtown Montreal by tens on Saturday.
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