There were no streetwalkers walking the streets of Marseille last week. Instead of accosting potential customers with the traditional invitation "Tu viens, chéri?" (Coming, darling?), the city's prostitutes were busy holding press conferences, leading demonstrations, and passing out pamphlets in support of a strike by the filles de joie.
The strike began three weeks ago when Marseille's new prefect of police, Rene Heckenroth, responded to political pressure to clean up the city by suddenly closing down the 30-odd hotels where the prostitutes took their clients. With that, the girls walked off the jobbut not before consulting Lawyer Emile Pollak, who...
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