Achievements
Throughout its short life (2002-2003) L.V.D.A. was credited with derailing efforts to institute business license fees for dancers in Clark County and efforts to prohibit the popular practice of G-string tipping. Indeed, all who travel to the Las Vegas Strip and place a buck in a stripper's garter owe a debt of gratitude to the organization. It also focused the public's attention on unscrupulous industry practices such as house fees in excess of $100, dance fees, late fees, stage fees, missed stage fees, missed shift fees, mandatory tips for disc jockeys, valet parking, house moms, and floor walkers, and indiscriminate firings. As well as the practice of mandating work cards in Las Vegas that require FBI background checks for dancers. L.V.D.A. remains the only organization of adult entertainment workers in Las Vegas to take on these issues and one of the few examples of class struggle within the adult entertainment industry in America.
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