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AIDS Healthcare Announces Cal-OSHA Complaint
August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Representatives of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) held a press conference today to announce the organization’s plans to file a Cal/OSHA complaint against 16 adult production companies for not using condoms — or other protection against bodily fluid exchange — in productions. AHF President Michael Weinstein told XBIZ that the actual delivery of the 17-page complaint had not been scheduled: “It’s just a formality.” AHF counsel Brian Chase told attendees at the press conference, “In any other context, being paid for sex is a crime. The California Supreme Court is the only state supreme court that has held that in the context of making adult films, paying someone for sex is not a crime. The California state government gives an extraordinary level of protection to the producers of adult films. What we’re asking is that the California state government take similar steps to protect performers in adult films.” AHF President Michael Weinstein [said] that the responsibility for the work environment was with the employer, and Cal/OSHA is the regulating body for workplaces. “We’re asking them to do their job. We also put a special burden on people who make a profit from an activity. If you make a profit from banking, you’re not supposed to abuse that privilege by usurious practices,” Weinstein said. “We say that if you’re running a factory manufacturing goods, you aren’t supposed to abuse that privilege by harming the workers.” After the press conference, Weinstein told XBIZ that, “As long as we can keep it in the public eye, we’re moving closer to the goal: condoms in porn.” CLICK HERE for a few additional details at XBIZ…
