Overview
- The Sex Work Autonomous Committee, which set the walkout for Saturday, May 23, plans to strike during F1 sprint and qualifying to maximize pressure.
- Dancers demand recognition as employees, an end to bar fees, safer and cleaner workplaces, and non-discriminatory hiring and scheduling.
- A bar fee is money dancers must pay the club to work, and SWAC says one venue charged $110 per dancer per night over five Grand Prix nights, totaling about $33,000.
- Performers say clubs treat them like staff while labeling them contractors, enforcing schedules and dress rules without benefits or protections, and they report overbooking and little focus on safety.
- The action targets a weekend that drew 352,000 fans in 2025, and outlets report no formal response yet from club owners or regulators, which heightens pressure as race week approaches.