Triple X Workers Solidarity Association of British Columbia

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Location

Vancouver
Canada
Website: 
http://triple-x.org
Contact email: 
info@triple-x.org
Who do you work with?: 
Current workers in the various sectors of the sex industry only.
How are sex workers involved in your organisation?: 
Triple-X Workers' Solidarity Association of BC voting membership is open to currently-working sex workers exclusively.
Which of NSWP priority areas does your organisation work on?: 
Oppose the criminalisation and other legal oppression of sex work and support its recognition as work
Critique the trafficking paradigm that conflates representations of sex work, migration, and mobility
Advocate for universal access to health services, including primary health care, HIV and sexual and reproductive health services
Speak out about violence against sex workers, including violence from police, institutions, clients, and intimate partners, while challenging the myth that sex work is inherently gender-based violence
Oppose human rights abuses, including coercive programming, mandatory testing, raids and forced rehabilitation
Challenge stigma and discrimination against sex workers, their families and partners, and others involved in sex work
Advocate for the economic empowerment and social inclusion of sex workers as sex workers
What are the two main challenges that the sex workers you work with face: 
Sex workers here are isolated and are vulnerable to criminal prosecution as most ways to work are illegal. In addition, Canada is embroiled in legal court challenges and possible law reform which may or may not have beneficial effects for workers. Sex workers have no true mechanism to represent their interests. Sex workers interests are instead represented by researchers, social service agencies and lobby groups composed mostly of non-workers or persons who are not working in the sex industry
Describe other areas of your work: 
Triple-X Workers' Solidarity Association of BC's single goal is to become the first sex worker union/association with a sufficient number of working members to negotiate workplace standards, rate of pay and regulations on behalf of the membership.