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The next ESPU meeting will be Monday June 11th, 2012 at 5:15 pm PT
email for more information info@espu-ca.org
We will be talking about organizing with SlutWalk 2012.
Volunteers need to help out with our program contribution to this years 2012 Laborfest
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Its time to sign up for
2012 Summer Labor School for Women
A researcher contacted ESPU asking if anyone was afraid of carrying condoms for fear of arrest. A quick assessment amongst the 3 of us who where standing around at the time, noted we’ve been arrested a total of 5 times. Our condoms were taken and listed as evidence and some were just confiscated by the sheriff’s department when we were booked in jail but we still carry and use condoms always.
So it begs the question, are workers afraid of carrying and using condoms because you are afraid of getting arrested? We’ll publish the results June 1st, 2012
Take the survey here
This group has proposed and has collected signatures to qualify this legislation in the State of California and we oppose it. A California Ballot Imitative that profits off the criminalization of Prostitution 2012
A BENEFIT FOR THE EROTIC SERVICE PROVIDERS UNION PRESENTS…
HOOKERS BALL Punk Rock Show of 2012
SPONSORED BY THE HARVEY MILK DEMOCRATIC CLUB
FEATURING BANDS…
MEATHOOK AND THE VITAL ORGANS (SAN FRANCISCO)
GET SHOT! (SACRAMENTO)
INFERNO OF JOY (SAN FRANCISCO)
THE CRUNCHEES (SACRAMENTO)
PLUS THE DANCEFLOORJUNKIE DOLLS BURLESQUE SHOW FROM RENO!!!!
ALSO BUY A RAFFLE TICKET TO WIN SEX TOYS donated by
Mr. S Leather of San Francisco Vintage Porn mags and Fetish Fashion: Undressing the Corset
WE ASK A $10/$50 DONATION FOR ADMITTANCE TO THE EVENT
DOORS OPEN AT 9:00 PM AND ITS 21 & OVER W/ ID
THE EROTIC SERVICE PROVIDERS UNION ANNOUNCES HOOKER BALL!!!
Exciting Spring Fundraiser Punk Rock Show to Support our Legal Action Fund
April 14, San Francisco, CA – The Erotic Service Providers Union (www.espu-ca.org), in conjunction with Margo St. James HOOKER’S BALL, is proud to announce a special benefit that will support our legal action to expand sexual freedom rights by our continuing to challenge the anti prostitution laws.
The Erotic Service Providers Union seeks to gain agency on behalf of all erotic service providers regarding their occupational, health, safety, social, civil, and economic rights.
The ESPU’s and Hooker’s Ball Punk Show takes place Saturday, April 14th, 2012 , from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., at Thee Parkside, 1600 17th Street, located at the corner 17th and Wisconsin street in San Francisco, CA. Tel: 415-252-1330. Admission: $10-$50 Sliding. For directions, please visit: Thee Parkside
Join this event on facebook
ESPU Salutes and Congratulates Canadian Sex Workers on the March 28, 2012 Appeals Court Ruling
And victory in Louisiananew law does not eliminate the “Crime Against Nature”
SlutWalk comes to the San Francisco Bay Area August 4, 2012 Come Join US
Sign the Petition to Demand the Department of Justice Do Its Job
Updated list of San Francisco Hotels still on the Boycott list
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Union Square
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Embarcadero
Hyatt Hotel at Fisherman’s Wharf
HEI Le Meridien Hotel, Financial District
Hotel Frank, Downtown
International Sex Workers Rights Day Celebrated
Feb. 23, 2011-San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee passes Resolution to Demand Congress Remove the Anti Prostitution Pledge from the Global AIDS Act.
Feb. 14, 2011-San Francisco Labor Council Resolution to Demand Congress Amend Current U.S. Policy and Practice on HIV Funding:
Therefore, be it resolved, the San Francisco Labor Council shall send letters to our elected officials – House Representative Nancy Pelosi, Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Diane Feinstein – to advocate for removal of the Anti-Prostitution Pledge from the Global AIDS Act and to bring this matter to the attention of our President.
And further, be it resolved, this letter shall request that, as Congress continues to review renewal legislation for the Global AIDS Act, our representatives promote legislation aimed at saving the greatest number of lives and protecting the most people, and promote the Sonagachi Model.*
*Peer to Peer education
Another Ruling for Canada: Vancouver Sex workers win right to challenge Canada’s prostitution laws
Congratulations Canada. Onterio Superior Court strikes down 3 federal prostitution laws Read the decision Here
United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review 2010
Erotic Service Providers Union Salutes the Foxhole Dancers for standing up for their rights to not be intimidated out of work! This is an ongoing protest-every Sunday
Read about it here
The Fox Hole is located at 32260 U.S. 36, Walhonding, OH and the protest is at the actual congregation that has been harassing the workers. New Beginnings Church of God
305 Church Street, Warsaw, OH 43844 (740) 824-4878
Call the church to let the know they need to stop harassing workers.
A Must See The Brothel Project
THE BROTHEL PROJECT follows these two dynamic women-on-a-mission and their foray into the world of modern day prostitution in the tea and crumpets city of Victoria. It isn’t long before they are approached by two other women – booking agent Harvi and independent escort Mia – who also claim to have the same vision.
Read it on Global News: Brothel Project – airs June 9, 2010
Canada’s 1st Adult Entertainment Awards honours sex industry stars
Celebrate the Sex Industry on 6.9.Venue: Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, Vancouver. Doors open at 7 pm. Advance tickets: Via PayPal Day-of tickets: Available at 3pm at box office. Contact: Annie Temple • 604-351-6301 • annie@nakedtruth.ca

Formerly Known As: Art and performance by male sex workers
Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 7pm
Rainbow Room, LGBT Center
1800 Market St. at Octavia
$10-20 sliding scale
For centuries, erotic pioneers and outlaws have made art. Without sex worker artists, San Francisco would be boring. This is a variety show featuring a dozen male sex workers. Expect stories, performances, music, videos and photography by men who are current or former sex workers.
Last year’s event sold out both nights, so we’re in a larger venue for one night only as part of the National Queer Arts Festival.
curated by Kirk Read, featuring performances by Suppositori Spelling, Inbred Hybrid Collective, Adela Vazquez, Jesse Hewit, Christraper Sings, George Birimisa, Cyd Nova, Kirk Read, Ben McCoy, Jaime Cortez, horehound stillpoint, a slideshow of visual artists and more!
Event website:

Contact: Kirk Read, 415-722-0828, kirkread@earthlink.net
Adult film industry launches anti-piracy campaign
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/05/Adult Film Industry Launches Antipiracy Campaign
Adult film industry launches anti-piracy campaign
May 5, 2010 | 4:55 pm
Would you steal from Ron Jeremy? That’s the question LAist poses in its blog post “Your Arousal Doesn’t Come for Free.”
Blogger Zach Behrens reports that the Free Speech Coalition, the adult industry’s advocacy group, has launched a new campaign and a series of all-star public service announcements urging people to pay for their porn — and not download it for free.
The videos feature Jeremy, Alektra Blue, Kaylani Lei and a host of other adult film stars. “We work hard to entertain you and arouse you,” says one performer. “So please show your support by buying our products.”
Sign Up Now for 2010 Union Women’s Summer Schools
Support San Francisco Hotel Workers Local 2 Strike-If your clients want service at a San Francisco Hotel , tell them you can’t cross the picket line and they can find another hotel Here
Sex Professionals of Canada Make historic Legal Challenge to anti prostitution laws
Move to legalise prostitution welcomed New Delhi
Releasing of the report-Trade Union Protections for Sex Workerspdf
By Com. Ashim Roy (General Secretary, New Trade Union Initiative)
On 9th September 2009, Wednesday, at 4PM
At Ashirwad, 30 St. Marks Road, Opposite State Bank of India, Bangalore
Trade Union Leaders, Human Rights Activists and Sexworker Leaders will address the meeting after the report release.
This report, Trade Union Protections for Sex Workers, shares insights from a meeting held from January 30 to February 1, 2009, in Belém, Brazil, in conjunction with the World Social Forum. The meeting brought together trade unions, sex workers, and other activists who believe that workers in the sex sector deserve basic labour rights, including the right to organize and bargain collectively, to be free of discrimination and to be free from forced labor. The participants came from Bolivia, Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, the United States.
Karnataka Sex Workers Union Read More Here
Turkey’s sex workers seek to establish a union June 25 2009
Con Stellation Magazine May 2009
About Erotic Service Providers Union
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The Erotic Service Providers Union (ESPU) seeks to gain agency on by and for all erotic service providers regarding our occupational, social, and economic rights through affiliating with organized labor. An Erotic Service Provider is anyone who is compensated for his or her erotic services or compensated for their support of someone else’s erotic service. By associating with organized labor which is already aware of our common labor rights, we can access support for our rights to negotiate for our labor and work conditions.
On this web site you’ll find information and resources to help educate and better inform erotic service providers about the benefits of organizing, how to get organized, and how to wield the power of collective bargaining.
For more information, email info@espu-ca.org
Who is an Erotic Service Provider?
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And Erotic Service Provider is anyone who earns a living from their erotic labor and our support staff.


