Australian Strippers Win More Union Benefits

The Striptease Artists Australia union has negotiated better benefits for its stripper members. Australia's Industrial Relations Commission approved the demands by giving strippers rest periods, overtime, meal breaks and maternity leave.
"We've got rights to have public holiday pay now, which we've never had in our career before," said a union spokeswoman called Mystical Melody. "We've got rosters and set hours. We can't work more than 10 hours a shift."
"The majority of workers in the industry are women," Melody said, "so it's probably a really great thing for them to be able to feel confident of having a job after they've had their babies."