This may not seem a big salary in the league, but it is a big step for them. They made about $ 5 an hour.
The change was recognized at an audition ad for the new member of the cheerleading squad, the team posted on its official website . This listing has been removed, but the short existence by reports NBC Bay Area .
No official announcement of the salary change was made.
The increase is the result of a class action lawsuit against the owners of the NFL team filed in January by a Raiderette Oakland, identified only as T. Lacy
In his suit, the Raiderette and her companions were in front of each, paid about $ 5 per hour for work during and after each game Alleged. They are not paid for exercises and tests, and had additional features requested but unpaid, appearances with charity events and community modeling for a calendar year, and performances in the evenings.
Each Raiderettes were $ 125 per game, a total of $ 1,250 per season paid as a lump sum at the end of the season. The net change should produce about $ 3,000 per season.
It is expected that other raised in the complaint, which go a request for back pay and the payment of expenses to an arbitration proceeding in this month.
T. inspired lace suit pending actions against other NFL teams, including the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Shares wages were surprisingly controversial among fans, and even cheerleading as the allegations not on the right equipment.
Meanwhile, Lacy T. has not return to the team. She told NBC Bay Area that moves to London with her husband and son, but would not have gone in any case. "I do not think I had to choose the appearance. I think I put in the rear. Would not it be worth my time," he said.
In any case, the movement is also initiated to move. Last week, a judge in New York rejected a proposal by the Buffalo Bills, a lawsuit by five former cheerleader on the wages and working conditions dismiss filed. This allows the continuation of the Buffalo Jills on.
The fabulous women called Raiderettes football team for the next season was elected sponsored kept in a final hearing on June 30 at a public event of Bud Light.
Team- s posted videos of the finalists on their website.
In another sign of hope for all cheerleaders, Raiders a veteran of four years in the cheerleading squad as Caitlin Y., who had filed a separate study wrote known. According to a report published in Salon.com , complaint Caitlin Y. key issues, including verbal sexual harassment in the workplace and free performances forced to leave the football field. He argues that the cheerleaders are also regularly crimes such as using the wrong shade of tan fine or gain five pounds.
"I love being a Raiderette, and I love a football team to cheer. Legally just want to be treated and compensated with respect," Caitlin Y. Salon said.
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