Strippers’ Union Wins Approval for Labor Board Mail-In Election

The union vying to represent strippers at a Los Angeles club got the go-ahead for an election from a National Labor Relations Board official.

NLRB Regional Director Mori Rubin scheduled a mail ballot for exotic dancers and disc jockeys at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in a Thursday order. The ballots will be mailed Oct. 14 and counted Nov. 7.

The order setting an election for the dancers to potentially select Actors’ Equity Association as their bargaining representative is a crucial step to making Star Garden the first unionized strip club in the US since 1996, when strippers at ...