Dancers filing lawsuit
Some girls that used to work at Sapphire Gentlemen's Club here in Vegas are suing the club. Tatiana used to work there too. Sapphire followed suit and is suing right back. Trial is scheduled for March.
Tatiana does not know a whole lot about this case besides that the dancers claim that although they worked as independent contractors, the club's list of extensive rules meant that they were treated as employees and should therefore be entitled to minimum wage and other benefits.
Tatiana thinks that most clubs take advantage of the girls working there with stage fees, house fees, lap dance fees, house mom fees etc etc. The dancers end up supporting everyone in the club out of their own earnings.
Most girls are not aware of their rights and the clubs take advantage of that. The truth is, dancers DO have rights.
The bottom line is, if us girls would not be willing to entertain the way we do, the clubs would just be regular bars, not being able to charge a $ 30 entrance fee like they do here in Las Vegas or make the profits that they do on alcohol sales and all the other profits the clubs rake in. Because of the girls.
Some place is LA called exoticdancerrights.com list a bunch of things that the clubs should follow and Tatiana has seen most of those rules broken.
What bothers Tatiana the most when she is working in a club is that clubs let the rules for lap dances to be broken, meaning looking the other way regarding touching and other things. That makes the equal opportunity for the dancers to make money non existent.
Like Sapphire for example, towards the end Tatiana was upset almost every night when she saw what some girls were willing to do for $ 20 during a dance, not to mention the VIP room activities. The dancers would just tip the floor guys or the VIP room host to look the other way. Although it is clearly stated to the girls upon getting hired that these kinds of activities are not allowed. But complaining about it or bringing it to a managers attention could result in getting fired. You were looked at as a nuisance for wanting the rules to be followed. WTF?
That is not right!
Anyways, Tatiana hopes that these girls that are suing Sapphire will be successful in their suit or that it at least leads to more attention brought to dancers being treated fair and right.
Besides this, spent today reading gossip magazines, eating, enjoying time with Mikey at the Fashion Show Mall. Now taking Chhaya out for an evening walk. Tomorrow DMV.
Tatiana does not know a whole lot about this case besides that the dancers claim that although they worked as independent contractors, the club's list of extensive rules meant that they were treated as employees and should therefore be entitled to minimum wage and other benefits.
Tatiana thinks that most clubs take advantage of the girls working there with stage fees, house fees, lap dance fees, house mom fees etc etc. The dancers end up supporting everyone in the club out of their own earnings.
Most girls are not aware of their rights and the clubs take advantage of that. The truth is, dancers DO have rights.
The bottom line is, if us girls would not be willing to entertain the way we do, the clubs would just be regular bars, not being able to charge a $ 30 entrance fee like they do here in Las Vegas or make the profits that they do on alcohol sales and all the other profits the clubs rake in. Because of the girls.
Some place is LA called exoticdancerrights.com list a bunch of things that the clubs should follow and Tatiana has seen most of those rules broken.
What bothers Tatiana the most when she is working in a club is that clubs let the rules for lap dances to be broken, meaning looking the other way regarding touching and other things. That makes the equal opportunity for the dancers to make money non existent.
Like Sapphire for example, towards the end Tatiana was upset almost every night when she saw what some girls were willing to do for $ 20 during a dance, not to mention the VIP room activities. The dancers would just tip the floor guys or the VIP room host to look the other way. Although it is clearly stated to the girls upon getting hired that these kinds of activities are not allowed. But complaining about it or bringing it to a managers attention could result in getting fired. You were looked at as a nuisance for wanting the rules to be followed. WTF?
That is not right!
Anyways, Tatiana hopes that these girls that are suing Sapphire will be successful in their suit or that it at least leads to more attention brought to dancers being treated fair and right.
Besides this, spent today reading gossip magazines, eating, enjoying time with Mikey at the Fashion Show Mall. Now taking Chhaya out for an evening walk. Tomorrow DMV.