In solidarity with sex workers, adopt a motion in your union !

Activists from the Sex Work Autonomous Committee (SWAC) are currently leading a union solidarity campaign.

In Québec, several unions have historically taken anti–sex work positions and actively advocated for the criminalization of clients and third parties. Rather than standing in solidarity with other workers fighting for better working conditions, these positions have reinforced a form of class contempt — framing us as victims to be saved rather than workers exploited like any on
ther unionized worker.

Support SWAC's solidarity campain by bringing this motion in your union's instances!

Once it's adopted, share the motion on different platforms and send us the motion so we can also share it.
Motion exemple

We believe it is necessary for union federations—particularly the CSN—to revisit their position on sex work. Sex work, like all forms of labor under capitalism, is a form of exploitation, and it is through unionizing that workers can improve their working conditions.

Members of the Sex Work Autonomous Committee (SWAC) are carrying out a campaign within massage parlors and strip clubs to organize workers against violence and for the respect of their rights. In this context, it is more necessary than ever for union federations to offer their support.

This proposal is not merely symbolic. It is part of a broader campaign to have the same resolution adopted by multiple local unions and brought forward to regional and sectoral bodies. Our goal is to bring about a cultural shift within the CSN and, more broadly, within major union federations—so that we can count on their support in our own efforts to organize within our workplaces.