Sex workers organising and fighting back

A joint Workers’ Liberty / Labour Representation Committee fringe
meeting at Unison National Conference
Opposing motion 117, which support the “Swedish model” on prostitution
Speaker from the International Union of Sex Workers/GMB sex workers’ branch. Chaired by Alison Brown, recently elected to Unison Health Service Group Executive (pc)
6pm, Wednesday 16 June
Premiere Inn Hotel, Westbourne Road, Bournemout

Feminist Fightback Responds to Cath Elliot

Having been mentioned several times in Cath Elliot’s ‘The Great IUSW Con’, Feminist Fightback would like to reply to the accusations levelled at both the IUSW and Fightback’s support for sex workers’ rights. We have been saddened to read yet another abolitionist article which, rather than engage in thoughtful and honest debate, seeks to obscure [...]

IUSW GMB Briefing

IUSW GMB Briefing on Home Office recommendations for new legislation on the sex industry - November 2008
Following consultations, which involved members of the GMB, the Home Office has unveiled plans for possible legislation on the sex industry. The main proposals are

criminalising paying for sex with someone who is controlled for gain (to be considered a [...]

TRADE UNION PROTECTIONS FOR SEX WORKERS’ MTG, WSF - BRAZIL

information from the WSFDiscuss** email list
A meeting is being organized by colleagues at the Karnataka Sex Workers Union and the New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI, India) on Trade Union Protections for Sex Workers at the WSF. There will be one session on the 30th Jan, on “Trafficking, Migration and Sex Work,” and an all-day meeting [...]