By The English Collective of ProstitutesA motion will be put to the vote at the TUC Congress today, proposed by ASLEF the train drivers’ union and supported by the GMB, calling for “decriminalisation of sex work” and demanding the same rights for sex workers as other workers.The motion recognises sex workers as workers who should […]
Calls made for a ‘New Zealand-style’ approach which offers sex workers legal protection but concerns remain over ‘exploitation’Lizzy Buchan and Harriet Agerholm Political CorrespondentUnion leaders will vote on whether to back efforts to decriminalise prostitution to offer greater protection to sex workers.Calls have been made for a ‘New Zealand-style’ approach where sex workers are offered full legal protection amid […]
SUPPORT Motion 39 Decriminalisation of sex workReceived from ASLEF supported by GMBCongress notes that austerity measures since 2010 have led to an increase in the number of people working in the sex industry and is concerned by examples such as Doncaster, where on-street prostitution has risen by 60 per cent, an increase primarily attributed to the […]
Megan WallaceSurely, we should be entering an age where sex has been demystified and ideas about its supposed sanctity safely abandoned. However, when we consider the social perception of sex workers, it is clear that this is not yet the case.Across the globe, assumptions that sex work is immoral are still rife, with sex workers […]
From Grunwick to Deliveroo: getting organised, getting unionised: Forty years ago Asian women at Grunwick led a strike for basic human dignity at work and for the right to join to a trade union. Today these battles are still being fought, often by migrant workers in precarious employment conditions. The experiences of those at Byron […]
In 2015, a woman working for an NHS Trust was forced to resign under threat of immediate dismissal for “behaving in a manner that would not be acceptable in any situation” and “bringing the Trust into disrepute” following allegations that she advertised services on adult websites. Ms Molloy was a dedicated employee of the Trust […]
In 1975, two immigrant women living in England heard about church occupations and a strike of sex workers in France protesting brutal murders and the refusal of the police to investigate them. Encouraged and inspired, the two women formed the English Collective of Prostitutes to campaign for the abolition of the prostitution laws. Our first […]
This branch calls on the Labour Party to support sex workers’ demands for decriminalisation of sex work. Ending criminalisation would increase safety as sex workers could work together and report violence without fear of arrest.This branch calls on the Labour Party to oppose proposals to criminalise clients as they would drive sex workers further underground […]
By M G RadhaakrishanFor the group of sex workers on its usual rounds near the Thampanoor Railway Station in Thiruvananthapuram, the night of February 25 appeared no different at first: an altercation with the local autorickshaw drivers opposed to their hanging around in the stand invariably ending in some of the women being bashed up. And […]
GMB Congress 2006 declared its support for the full and complete decriminalisation of prostitution. The sexual behavior of consenting adults requires no regulation by the state. A better solution: The debate around sex work customarily excludes those who sell sexual services, and the GMB has long worked to combat this through its support for and […]