Motorsport: Motor racing-Montreal strippers plan strike for Formula One weekend

Montreal strippers are planning a strike for the weekend of the Canadian Grand Prix, hoping that withdrawing their labour on the busiest night of the year for the city's strip clubs will help them move towards their goal of full employment rights.

Motorsport: Motor racing-Montreal strippers plan strike for Formula One weekend. Montreal strippers are planning a strike for the weekend of the Canadian Grand Prix, hoping that withdrawing their labour on the busiest night of the year for the city's strip clubs will help them move towards their goal of full employment rights. The Sex Work Autonomous Committee (SWAC) have called the strike for May 23, the eve of the fifth race in the Formula One calendar, as part of a campaign to achieve recognition as employees with associated rights. Their principal demand is the abolition of the "bar fee" which strippers must pay to perform in clubs, but they are also demanding safe and sanitary working conditions as well as an end to discrimination in hiring and scheduling. "As strippers, we are considered independent contractors, this means that on p...