Part 4: Half a year after Star Garden reopens as a union club, the dancers are still negotiating a contract. LAist producer Emma Alabaster brings you the latest. Plus, some of the dancers have set their sights on a different dream: a worker-owned cooperative strip club. 
Here are some resources that informed our reporting:
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://lacooplab.com/">LA Co-op Lab</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.usworker.coop/en/">U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://democracy.institute.coop/2021-worker-cooperative-state-sector-report">2021 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector Report</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@YesAStripperPodcast">Yes, A Stripper Podcast</a></li>
</ul>
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From LAist Studios, the creators of The Big One, the second season of The Big Disaster series will provide you with a wildfire survival guide that includes not just tangible safety tips — but hope for our future.  As the world enters a new age of wildfires, science reporter Jacob Margolis hosts Season 2: The Big Burn, a deep dive into personal stories that illuminate the history of how we got here, why we keep screwing things up, and what we can do to survive and maybe even thrive while the world around us burns.Season 1: The Big One -  When The Big One hits it’ll take under two minutes for more than 10 million Southern Californians to lose internet, power, and a sense of security. Host Jacob Margolis and Producer Misha Euceph take you on a journey to understand what the catastrophic earthquake will mean for Los Angeles, the U.S., and the world. This is what you need to know to survive. 
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