Labor strikes last year marked a record for the 21st century. Thanks to this strike wave, workers in industries from auto manufacturing to transportation to film and television won better contracts. We also witnessed organizing among workers whom few in decades past would have considered candidates for unionization, such as college athletes, congressional aids, and presidential-campaign staffers. This is for the good, and it could portend a renewal of the shared prosperity that was lost to the neoliberal revolution starting in the 1970s.
But one category of fresh organizing that shouldn’t rally the labor movement at large is obvious: namely, the pornography industry. Unionization is not the answer to what ails porn stars, because the problems with porn work are inherent in the nature of the industry.
Don’t Unionize Porn—Ban It
