Montreal strippers threaten to strike during the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix weekend
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If you're a fan of motorsports, May 24 is a big day for you with the Indianapolis 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix all taking place on the same day.
And, if you happen to be a stripper in Montreal, where the F1 race is taking place, it's one of your busiest weekends of the year.
And that's precisely why they're planning to go on strike.
Strippers in Montreal could strike during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, one of the busiest of the year for local strip clubs. (iStock)
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The Sex Work Autonomous Committee (SWAC) is hoping to use the uptick in business that has traditionally come with an F1 weekend to make a statement as the strippers fight to be treated as employees, which comes with a certain set of rights.
At the moment, strippers are treated as independent contractors, like plumbers.
Their words, not mine.
"As strippers, we are considered independent contractors, this means that on paper we are treated the same as, say, an independent plumber that you would hire for your home repairs," a SWAC statement reads, per Reuters. "The independent contractor plumber is responsible to no one but themself, while the independent contractor stripper is responsible to club management, at the expense of their job."
Formula 1 races can impact local economies in ways you may have never thought of. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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I mean... I can see where they're coming from.
And what better way to draw attention to the plight of Montreal strippers than by striking on their


