Posted on 01/22/2014 4:03:43 PM PST by Zakeet
With their season long over with, one would think that the Raiders could be spared from bad news this offseason. Alas, it's still the Raiders.
Current and former Raiderettes – yes, the team's cheerleaders – filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming that the team engaged in “wage theft and other unfair employment practices,” according to The Mercury News. The suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, alleges that the Raiders withheld the cheerleaders' pay until after the season, didn't fairly compensate the women for all their hours of work and asked that the cheerleaders pay for many of their own businesses expenses.
Most stunningly, according to lead attorney Sharon Vinick, the Raiderettes make a salary of $1,250 a season – or less than $5 dollars per hour.
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The suit also alleges that the Raiderettes have been fined for a series of frivolous errors, including bringing the wrong pop-poms to practice or for failing to bring a yoga mat to workouts.
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It's not a ha-ha to rip the rah-rah like their pooh-bah did!
Gonna be fun to hear the Business Socialist spin on this...
The Raiders are notorious for not honoring contracts or paying people
Wow. $5 an hour... I can afford to have my own cheerleaders.
One black girl?
Oh, they are going down.
team provided insufficient clothing....
I see four black girls.
Anyhow none of them look guilty. ;-)
“This story has all of the redeeming qualities I’d expected. “
This probably has it’s roots in the “ownership” of the Raiders for so many years by Al Davis. Davis defines a sleazy owner. And as for the Raiderettes, bless ‘em all. They used to be the only reason to go to a Raiders game because the team was just crap a lot of the time they were in Oakland.
It evens out when you put the cheerleaders and playera together.
I knew there was a way to even things out.
Beautiful women in any case.
“Blarrgh! Me dames need solace and booty too ya know!”
I think that is how many of them got their ........... oh wait you meant the Raiders.
The Raiders were the only AFC West team to not make the playoffs, including the former AFC West Seahawks. Just thought I’d mention that.
I think most pro cheerleaders do it more for the ego-boost, the brag-factor, and being in a position to meet some very wealthy guys.
Free publicity for modeling.
I would gladly hire any of them as models and would pay better.
“fined for... bringing the wrong pop-poms to practice”
I hate it when that happens.
I was referring the fact the pic’s were posted.
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