UNISON Conference: debating the "Swedish model"
Delegates at Unison conference earlier this month voted in favour of the “Swedish model” of criminalising those who purchase sex, and in effect, to put the safety of sex workers in further jeopardy. Typically, debate on the subject was shut down at the conference, leaving the case against the “Swedish model” under-represented. However, a hunger to grapple with the arguments “for and against” was played out in an encouraging and well attended fringe meeting on the issue, sponsored jointly by the Labour Representation Committee and the AWL, before the vote on the motion. Over fifty union members...