Bitches getting paid
Papi_Chulo
Miami, FL (or the nearest big-booty club)
“... It's raining cash for two strippers who have settled their federal lawsuit against a Queens jiggle joint for unpaid wages.
Sugardaddy's of Long Island City has agreed to pay a total of $200,000 to Mettanie Tapia and Shauna Kern, both former dancers at the club.
The women claimed they were cheated out of minimum wages, tips, and overtime, but the club admitted no wrongdoing under the settlement agreement filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Tapia, who dances under the name "Karma," had previously sued another mammary mecca, Gentleman's Club in Astoria, and collected a $40,000 settlement in that employment case.
Gentleman's Club has other issues as well — it was hit Wednesday with a new lawsuit.
Universal Music Corp. slapped the pleasure palace with a federal copyright lawsuit alleging that songs by Notorious B.I.G. and Skillz for Skillz were played without permission ...”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/2-st…
Article has pic of one of the dancers
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In most clubs they are treated as independent contractors but in nearly every case where the dancers have filed a lawsuit claiming the clubs are in violation of FLSA, the dancers have won in the courts or have reached an out of court
settlement.
The clubs are guilty of mis-classifying the dancers as independent contractors because management sets rules that tressts them like employees. Having said that, the majority of these cases have been filed old dancers who can't make it. (See above ugly bitches). They work the system both ways.
And most dancers like the current system - even if it violates the law. It's a win-win for both sides.