

MORE FROM FORBES Uber Goes Hourly, Amazon Cites Black Lives, Apple Boards Up And Other Mid-Crisis ICYMI Tech News By Janet Burnsīut public concerns about safety procedures may linger for months or years, and in the mean time, it’s clear that workers’ income needs remain - as does customer demand. Strip clubs in some states have started to reopen, including in California, where strippers have been entitled to employee status for a year now (and thus unemployment insurance during the COVID-19 crisis Parker said she knows a few dancers who successfully got their UI). That fact remains apparent during the COVID-19 crisis: labor struggles over dancers’ status and rights continue in various states and crisis, while groups in Boston and other areas have worked to provide crisis support and mutual aid to strippers whose incomes were suddenly slashed without recourse. It's also the flagship product for Parker, who’s spent the past three years developing products, building her team, and keeping would-be investors at bay ‘til the moment’s just right, and aims to improve key aspects of the 'contract economy' in her industry and beyond.Īs a mostly contract- or gig-based workforce who frequently face exorbitant fees and harassment or violence in their field (which is considered a sex-adjacent industry), strippers have a particularly rigorous set of needs as workers that too often are still not addressed, Parker said.

mission statement from founder Crissa Parker. Screenshots for The Dancers Resource show various rating and informational tools as well as a.
