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The Sex Workers’ Union, formed in 2018, is a trade union building collective power among strippers, porn performers, online sex workers and full-service sex workers. SWU has made some impressive la…

🎬Take action today: If you're a trade union member then click the link below - you can find an example motion to take to your trade union conference or fill in the contact form and have us come talk at your trade union meeeting! decrimnow.org.uk/workers4decr...

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@bfawu.bsky.social members understand that for sex workers to be safe at work, sex work needs to be decriminalised. Under decriminalisation sex workers can organise like all other workers, and assert our rights as workers.

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Criminalisation creates exploitative conditions. The law prevents sex workers from accessing the labour rights & protections necessary for us to organise to change our working conditions-incl. the right to organise for recognition & challenge the misclassification of our labour.

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@bfawu.bsky.social are home of SWU, enabling sex workers to unionise and organise for better conditions. But there is one thing that prevents sex workers from organising in the same way as the rest of our comrades at BFAWU - criminalisation

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All workers know that the only way to challenge poor working conditions & exploitative practices is to unionise, take collective action, & use labour rights & protections that all workers are due.

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“Sex workers are workers & valued members of our union. Sex work is often a result of poverty & the current laws perpetuate a cycle of poverty. Full decriminalisation is essential for sex workers’ safety, public health, women’s rights & LGBTQIA+ rights.” -(Excerpt from motion)

@bfawu.bsky.social recently voted to pass a motion in support of the full decriminalisation of sex work, to amplify the voices of the Sex Workers’ Union (branch 600 of BFAWU) & to campaign against any attempt to criminalise sex work!

Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

YES ANOTHERRRR ONE!! 🗣️ 🚨✨🥖 @bfawu.bsky.social 🥖 members support the decriminalisation of sex work!!✨🚨

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for having our amazing organiser Audrey on the podcast to talk about sex workers’ rights and why we need the full decriminalisation of sex work in the UK. Make sure to listen to the full episode!

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rax 🏳️‍🌈 she/அவள்/elle @raxsha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

For my latest for Mashable: what sex worker activists all around the world are doing to fight for everyone's digital rights Thank you @decrimnow.bsky.social @eswa-network.bsky.social @scarletalliance.bsky.social, SWU UK, United Brothel Workers in Nevada, and others 💕 mashable.com/life/adult-w...

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How adult workers are fighting for everyone's online privacy

From Sheri's Ranch in Nevada to Australia, adult workers are fighting for online safety.

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Take action for s_x workers safety: If you're a trade union member you can follow the links in our bio, or use the contact form on the link below for advice, example motions and support. decrimnow.org.uk/workers4decrim

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@pcsunion.bsky.social members understand that for s_x workers to be safe at work, s_x work needs to be decriminalised. Under decriminalisation s_x workers can organise like all other workers, and exert our rights as workers.

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In Belgium, where s_x work was decriminalised in 2022, labour rights were expanded to fit s_x workers. This included enshrining a workers' right to refusal, as well as access to sickness pay, maternity leave and unemployment benefits.

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Any criminalisation of s_x work prevents s_x workers from challenging bad bosses, poor conditions and exploitation, as the law stops us from accessing labour rights & protections.

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Members of @pcsunion.bsky.social recently voted to affiliate to Decrim Now, support the full decriminalisation of s_x work & campaign to challenge the End Demand Model (otherwise known as the Nordic Model)

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📢✨ Another decriminalisation motion has hit the trade union movement ✨📢 @pcsunion.bsky.social members support the decriminalisation of s_x work!

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Join the global fight for full decriminalisation: - Use our template tool in bio to send an email to your MP - Join our campaign SILIASW - Invite us to speak at your trade union meeting - Take a decrim motion through to your trade union branch or national conference.

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S_x workers need safety, s_x workers need decrim now!

Under full decriminalisation s_x workers are able to access full labour rights & protections, & use them like all other workers to challenge any exploitation & improve our own working conditions.

The full decriminalisation of s_x workers is the only framework that reduces the harm to s_x workers, by removing the thing that creates the most harm - the law.

“This ADM calls on our Union to join a growing list of other trade unions & organisations to support the full decriminalisation of s_x workers. The current law of partial criminalisation is dangerous. Decriminalisation would go a long way to making the industry safer for workers”

Joining members in trade unions such as: @ucu.org.uk, @aslefunion.bsky.social, @equityuk.bsky.social, @gmb.org.uk, @cwunews.bsky.social, IWW, and @rcn.org.uk in recognising that for s_x workers to be safe, s_x workers need full decriminalisation.

Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🚨✨ @usdawunion.bsky.social members support the decriminalisation of s_x work! ✨🚨

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We’re so proud of our friends in Scotland for Decrim for being shortlisted for an award at the SMK National Campaigner Awards! Follow them on Insta at scotland4decrim to find out about their amazing work and support them.

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Lorelei Lee (they/them) @loreleilee.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

There is no such thing as "supporting" S/x workers while punishing buyers. Punishing buyers typically means policing them. Policing buyers means surveilling workers. Period. You cannot separate the two. Police surveillance IS policing. So policing buyers IS policing workers.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Important points made in this article about mainstream media and culture profiting off stereotypical depictions of sex workers or the aesthetics of sex work while sex workers are being erased from the internet.

Text reading ‘Major social media platforms cracked down harder on sexual content after FOSTA/SESTA went into effect, and that's been the trend for years. Just this month, Meta removed sex toy shop Bellesa's Instagram account. Nonprofit Repro Uncensored documented more than 70 queer, reproductive rights, and creative accounts removed from Instagram in April 2026.
Joy said the Sexquisite account had been removed before. "We lost our Instagram account at 26,000 followers just before we went on tour last year," she said. But at the same time, she sees companies like Honey Birdette allowed to promote their lingerie, and Sabrina Carpenter danced on a pole in the "Tears" music video. Sex workers are glamorized and used for aesthetics, but real workers aren't allowed to live those aesthetics, Joy said.’

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“Euphoria seems to proudly showcase the salaciousness of sex work to gain viewers and viral moments, all while real sex workers struggle to maintain a voice online amidst censoring legislation.” mashable.com/article/euph...

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'Euphoria' made sex work go viral. Real sex workers are still getting censored.

If sex work is everywhere on 'Euphoria,' why is it still being erased online?

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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The Nordic model doesn't work for one simple reason: It doesn't trust sex workers. The premise of the Nordic model is that sex workers cannot be reliable narrators of their own lives. It reinforces the idea that sex workers don't know what will keep them safe.

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The criminalisation of street sex work doesn’t help sex workers - fines, cautions and ASBOs (all of which are still being given to sex workers around the country) simply trap them in sex work, in more poverty and sometimes with a criminal record. This is why we need decriminalisation.

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Policing interventions are not an appropriate response to street-based sex work. People sex working on the street need financial support, secure housing, access to healthcare, and whatever other services or support will help them to meet their needs.

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This has led to women being less willing to report violence from clients to the police, and less willing to access support services. The English Collective of Prostitutes and Dr Binta Sultan explain the obvious harms being caused by heavy-handed policing of sex work in Enfield.

Text reading ‘However, Dr Sultan worries the impact of Operation Amicus, as part of Clear, Hold Build, will be no different.
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workers of police operation has been devastating, both in terms of experience of disruption of safety networks, access to care, experience of violence, fear of police and perpetrators as well as broken trust with institutions, she explains. 'Sex workers may never recover from this.
Niki says that the MET can't simply 'build trust' with sex workers by 'announcing a new approach while failing to address the harms caused by the last one, and is calling on them to immediately start prioritising women's safety, health and survival.’

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How a Met Police crackdown left sex workers fearing for their lives

This article by @laurenmedlicott.bsky.social details shocking treatment of sex workers in Enfield by the police - women have described being threatened with arrest and pushed into less safe, more isolated areas to work. metro.co.uk/2026/04/11/a...

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Governments around the world must stop ignoring sex workers’ voices and experiences. Sex workers are the experts on what will work best to keep them safe. We need full decriminalisation now.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A @mdmfrance.bsky.social report published a few years after the implementation of the Nordic model in France found that it had led to sex workers experiencing worse poverty, more violence, and worse health outcomes. Migrant sex workers in particular still felt targeted and harassed by the police.

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Decrim Now @decrimnow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This week sex workers went to the French Senate to present a proposed bill to decriminalise sex work, developed by sex workers themselves. France has now had the disastrous Nordic model (client criminalisation) for 10 years. The fight for decrim goes on! 💪

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One respondent to our survey said they went into sex work because “Due to my health conditions, I can’t keep a regular full-time job. Benefits were not enough to survive”. It seems that this government is not only content with this situation, it’s comfortable with making it worse. (4/x)

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This is a horrendous failure of the state to adequately support disabled people and those with long-term ill health. Disabled people are already much more likely to live in poverty than non-disabled people. This is the context in which this government is making more cuts to social security. (3/x)

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People in the UK are going into sex work to support themselves financially because they can’t continue in another form of work because of their disability/illness, because benefits don’t give them enough money to live on, or because they can’t get access to benefits in the first place. (2/x)

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