Topless picket lines may become a thing.
Strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood filed this week with the National Labor Relations Board for a union-recognition election.
If the poll of pole dancers succeeds, they would be affiliated with the Actor’s Equity Association and thereby the AFL-CIO.
Star Garden would also be the first unionized strip club in the country since the Service Employees International Union-affiliated Lusty Lady in San Francisco closed in 2013.
“These dancers reported consistent compensation issues - including significant wage theft - along with health and safety risks and violations.