About Us
Who are we?
Fired Up Stilettos is a stripper led, grass-roots labour rights movement based in Aotearoa. Formed in response to years of injustice in the strip club, inspired by a rich history of sex worker activism, working for tomorrows 18 year old girls.
Our organizing team is made up of people who work/ have worked in many different industries under the red umbrella.
Our Objectives:
- Establish labour rights for adult entertainment workers through political action.
- Facilitate mutual aid to ensure defending labour rights is financially accessible for everyone across the workforce.
- Unite the workforce so that we can use the power of collective action to enforce our labour rights
How we started:
Once upon a time at Calendar Girls, it was dictated that the venue would now be taking at least 50% of all profit from strippers’ bookings.
37 of us signed a letter to the owner requesting that the cut remain at 40% to the venue (still not fair, but better than 50%)
19 of the 37 who signed the letter were fired via Facebook post,
and then we started a movement.
What we do:
- Work alongside strippers to support and resource union action within their workplaces.
- Develop and share resources to ensure strippers are aware of their legal rights as contractors.
- Host strip club takeover events to provide safe working spaces for strippers and demonstrate an industry standard.
- Campaign for the legislative changes necessary to protect adult entertainment workers in Aotearoa.
Our Work:
Part of our work in changing laws was to create a Parliamentary Petition to the government. You can read our submission here.
Written Submission in Support of Our Parliamentary Petition
We also submitted feedback on the Relationship and Sexuality Education Framework proposed by the Ministry of Education.
Relationship and Sexuality Education Framework
We also submitted feedback to the select committee on proposed changes to the Commerce Act which you can read here
Fired Up Stilettos Submission on the Commerce Act Amendment Bill
Fired Up Stilettos 