Photos: Lusty Lady, the only unionised strip club in the US, shuts shop

[caption id=“attachment_1081493” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Employees wave as they prepare to close the door of the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California September 2, 2013. United States’ first and only unionized, employee-owned strip club shuts its doors on September 2 after its landlord refused to negotiate on a lower rent, local media reported. REUTERS/Stephen Lam[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1081505” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  A group of exotic dancers poses for a photograph outside the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California September 1, 2013. United States’ first and only unionized, employee-owned strip club shuts its doors on September 2 after its landlord refused to negotiate on a lower rent, local media reported. Picture taken September 1, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1081511” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Participants hold up umbrellas during a funeral procession to symbolize the closure of Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California September 1, 2013. United States’ first and only unionized, employee-owned strip club shuts its doors on September 2 after its landlord refused to negotiate on a lower rent, local media reported. Picture taken September 1, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1081515” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  An exotic dancer performs outside a bar window on Columbus Avenue during a funeral procession to symbolize the closure of Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California September 1, 2013. United States’ first and only unionized, employee-owned strip club shuts its doors on September 2 after its landlord refused to negotiate on a lower rent, local media reported Picture taken September 1, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1081521” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Dancer-workers get ready backstage before performing at the Lusty Lady peepshow in San Francisco, February 25, 2008. Work for the motley crew of dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady theater doesn’t end when they step offstage, in an unprecedented move, the strippers decided to buy the peepshow from the owners and turn it into a worker-run cooperative. REUTERS/Erin Siegal[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1081525” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Lilah Mayhem reviews timecards in the office before her shift onstage, at the Lusty Lady peepshow in San Francisco, February 25, 2008. Work for the motley crew of dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady theater doesn’t end when they step offstage, in an unprecedented move, the strippers decided to buy the peepshow from the owners and turn it into a worker-run cooperative. REUTERS/Erin Siegal[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1081527” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  An exotic dancer (L) embraces a fellow employee at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco, California September 2, 2013. United States’ first and only unionized, employee-owned strip club shuts its doors on September 2 after its landlord refused to negotiate on a lower rent, local media reported. REUTERS/Stephen Lam[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1081531” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  A view of the exterior of the Lusty Lady peepshow in San Francisco, February 25, 2008. Work for the motley crew of dancers at San Francisco’s Lusty Lady theater doesn’t end when they step offstage, in an unprecedented move, the strippers decided to buy the peepshow from the owners and turn it into a worker-run cooperative.
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