Big follow up to that Esquire account of working at a brothel: it certainly looks like the owners responded with a new contract seeking to claim the rights of any intellectual property produced by the workers, which they're opposing with a rapidly organized union.
How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History
The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.
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