Dancers at Los Angeles club to become the US’s only unionized strippers

A formal union vote will take place on Thursday and will mark the first time Actors Equity association represents strip club workers

After months of late-night picketing in North Hollywood, the dancers of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar are poised to become the only unionized strippers in the US.

The dancers’ victory is expected to be finalized with a formal union vote on Thursday morning, and will mark the first time that the Actors Equity association, a century-old union for stage actors, singers and dancers, will represent strip club workers.