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Unionized bodies in topless bar! Strippers join servers and baristas in new labor movement

Written by John Logan, Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University

Dancers at Star Garden in LA have voted for union representation.Mario Tama/Getty Images

Dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Los Angeles have voted to become the only unionized strippers in the U.S. – joining a growing trend of young employees seeking workplace protection though labor mobilization.

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