Why All The Bar Staff At Fitzroy’s Rainbow House Say They Walked Out Mid-Shift

Regular patrons at Rainbow House, a queer club in Melbourne’s LGBTQIA heartland of Fitzroy, won’t see the usual familiar faces behind the bar this weekend after staff walked out en masse on Sunday. Seven staff members — all the bar staff, the glassy and the coat check manager — collectively resigned at the start of their Sunday-night shift after a week of escalating tension between them and the venue owner