Montreal F1 stripper strike part of fight to legitimize and decriminalize sex work

Dancers tired of independent contractor employment status, push for better working conditions at city’s clubsOn a Monday night in October 1967, three topless dancers donned slacks and overcoats to picket outside their workplace in downtown Vancouver. Pearl Johnson, 18, spokesperson for the trio, said they were “seeking an increase in their $100-a-week salary, a staff rate on meals and a heater in their dressing room,” according to a local paper’s two-sentence news brief. Decades later, the vast majority of Canadian strippers are no longer salaried, and their list of grievances has only grown longer. That's why Montreal sex worker Adore...