An affiliation of “erotic service providers” (“an Erotic Service Provider is anyone who is compensated for his or her erotic services or compensated for their support of someone else’s erotic service” – thus making yours truly an Erotic Service Provider) in San Francisco is gearing up for a season of fundraisers and awareness-building events in anticipation of the latest attempt at unionizing the skin trade.
The ‘San Francisco Courtesan Carnival’ series of charity events and parties will support labor rights and education funding for erotic service providers. Funds raised will provide tuition so 50 erotic service providers can attend intensive labor skills training organized by the United Association for Labor Education during the summer of 2007.
See? If we ESPs had been unionized, I could have called my shop steward on March 1 rather than bringing in The Man.
It is not lost on me that, using the loose definition of what constitutes an erotic service, all the waitresses at Sardo‘s should get in the union based solely on the way they bring me my copious amounts of alcohol.
Previously: It’s not ‘sex work‘ when you’re just lying there; Shame’s diminishing returns
See also: Erotic Service Providers’ Union
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