TY - BOOK
T1 - The sex worker rights movement and trade unionism in Europe: case studies from Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom
AU - Cruz, Katie A
AU - Herrmann, Tess
PY - 2024/10/8
Y1 - 2024/10/8
N2 - In this paper, we review the European sex worker rights movement and instances of trade unionism that have grown out of it before focussing on three case studies of contemporary sex worker organising: Red Umbrella in Sweden (RUS), the sex worker section (SW-S) of the Freie Arbeiter*innen Union (Free Workers’ Union) in Germany, and the Sex Workers’ Union (SWU) branch of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) in the United Kingdom. All three organisations demand decriminalisation, destigmatisation and decommodification and engage in social and political strategies to achieve these goals. In addition, SWU and SW-S are engaged in trade unionism in pursuit of decommodification. Read together, these case studies demonstrate that criminalisation, repressive regulation and stigma adversely affect sex workers’ strategies, including the trade unionism that is supposed to decommodify their labour via access to individual and collective labour rights and broader social welfare rights. At the same time, these g
AB - In this paper, we review the European sex worker rights movement and instances of trade unionism that have grown out of it before focussing on three case studies of contemporary sex worker organising: Red Umbrella in Sweden (RUS), the sex worker section (SW-S) of the Freie Arbeiter*innen Union (Free Workers’ Union) in Germany, and the Sex Workers’ Union (SWU) branch of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) in the United Kingdom. All three organisations demand decriminalisation, destigmatisation and decommodification and engage in social and political strategies to achieve these goals. In addition, SWU and SW-S are engaged in trade unionism in pursuit of decommodification. Read together, these case studies demonstrate that criminalisation, repressive regulation and stigma adversely affect sex workers’ strategies, including the trade unionism that is supposed to decommodify their labour via access to individual and collective labour rights and broader social welfare rights. At the same time, these g
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - The sex worker rights movement and trade unionism in Europe: case studies from Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom
PB - European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
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