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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Oakland Raiders agreed to pay $1.25 million, settling a class-action wage theft lawsuit brought against them by the team\u2019s cheerleaders, reports the &lt;em&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The approval of the deal will be sought later this month.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two former Raiderettes filed a suit in January claiming that the Raiders broke state labor laws by failing to pay them minimum wage, withholding pay and not reimbursing cheerleaders for business expenses.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FARRAR&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;Seahawks dominate Packers 36-16 in NFL opener&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The cheerleaders on the squad will now earn $9 an hour, bumping their annual pay from $1,250 to $3,250. The suit covers 90 former cheerleaders who will get $2,500 in back pay and penalties for last season, plus $6,000 in back pay and penalties for each of the three previous seasons.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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