Open letter to candidates in European elections
Open letter to candidates in European elections.
Subject: Request for position
Dear Madam, Dear Sir,
On the 20th March 2009, during the European Assises de la prostitution which took place at the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris, we created our union: STRASS -Le Syndicat du TRAvail Sexuel. We are pleased today to claim more than 200 members. You now have a representative and democratic social partner for all questions about us.
Our Union has for aim the study, representation, and the advocacy of collective, professional and moral interests of any person who exchanges a service of a sexual nature for economic purpose and any person employed or working on its own in commercial activities related to sexuality.
As part of the object above mentioned, the association aims to:
• ensure the effectiveness of the human rights of persons above-mentioned
• ensure the effectiveness of labor law, fiscal law … in connection with the above-mentioned activities and, more generally, with its members to defend their rights and interests, moral and physical, social and economic, individual and collective
We are currently excluded from the law, face to the police, to the justice, in access to housing and in number of jurisdictions for which we don’t match with any working status, however we are well regarded as workers when carrying out our taxes.
Our main demand is to have the same rights as all citizens of our country.
It is in this sense of respect for human rights, that with our colleagues across Europe, we wrote a manifesto and a declaration on the rights of sex workers at the European conference of sex workers in Brussels which we ask you to endorse.
We have translated these texts in french, you will find the attached copy.
http://www.droitsetprostitution.org/manifeste_fr.pdf
http://www.droitsetprostitution.org/declaration.htm
And in English
http://www.sexworkeurope.org/site/images/PDFs/manbrussels2005.pdf
http://www.sexworkeurope.org/site/images/PDFs/dec_brussels2005.pdf
In anticipation of a quick and favorable response, please accept Dear Madam, Dear Sir, the expression of our highest consideration.
Cadyne,
Secretary General for STRASS
www.strass-syndicat.org