Prostitutes in England...

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-12-06 08:09am

Sex workers reject red light zone

Prostitutes have rejected a Plymouth MP's call for a new "managed" red light zone in the city.

Labour MP Linda Gilroy made the suggestion following the end of council consultation on the issue.

It comes as some residents in parts of the city call for action to stop their areas becoming new red light districts.

The English Collective of Prostitutes said forcing women into zones would be unworkable and did not tackle the causes of prostitution.

Residents in Mutley Plain fear that their streets could be used by prostitutes as the traditional red light area around Millbay is redeveloped for upmarket housing.

Ms Gilroy said: "They haven't got a prostitution problem at the moment, but they are worried that as Millbay is redeveloped it will move up there.

"We should be able to do it in a managed way, a way which takes it away from anyone's back yard.

"It could put it into the area of light industrial estates - somewhere that doesn't impinge on people's daytime way of life as well."

Domestic violence

Cari Mitchell of the English Collective of Prostitutes, told BBC News: "We are very much against forcing women to work in specified areas.

"Ms Gilroy is proposing to put property developers above those of the women who have worked there for generations.

"She could spend her time better considering how to alleviate the causes of prostitution such as domestic violence and poverty."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4071353.stm

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-12-06 08:42am

The English Collective of Prostitutes

They have a union?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-12-06 09:07am

Stormbringer wrote:
The English Collective of Prostitutes
They have a union?

The mental image of a haggard looking bleach blonde wearing a "Cocksuckers Local 1028" jacket is quite amusing.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-12-06 09:57am

Stormbringer wrote:
The English Collective of Prostitutes
They have a union?

Seamstresses' International

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2004-12-06 11:15am

Stormbringer wrote:
The English Collective of Prostitutes
They have a union?

They've got to do something to keep from gettings screwed by managment....oh wait....

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-12-06 11:17am

Seamstresses Guild...

Only in Merry Ol' Backward England...

Im sure there will be something about this on Local News tonight.. if they get a interview ill tell ya about it

Plekhanov · Post by **Plekhanov** » 2004-12-06 01:27pm

Stormbringer wrote:
The English Collective of Prostitutes
They have a union?

Yes they do though the collective tends to spend most of it's time fighting for the right of prostitutes to work safely and free from persecution by law enforcement than bargaining for pay rises. My political activities for some reason seem to bring me to their attention and I was actually recently personally invited to their national conference but was unable to attend due to a prior engagement so I don't know that much about them.

There is a great need for the collective at the moment as the current system in the UK is pretty much as bad as it could be and leads to large numbers preventable attacks on and murders of prostitutes.

I don't know anything about this particular case but quite often these 'tolerated zones' are in badly lit industrial areas with little in the way of CCTV so they actually make street prostitutes already extraordinarily dangerous working lives significantly more dangerous which is one reason why the collective tend to oppose them.