Women blast N.Y.'s dollar-dance clubs

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Dancers versus businesses
Attorneys for the owners of the business asked a court to dismiss the complaint, arguing that nothing in the suit was true.

The dancers and their lawyers disagree.

"You can't call a worker an independent contractor and avoid the requirements under the labor law," said Elizabeth Wagoner, an attorney for a community organization that is supporting the former Flamingo workers in their lawsuit and has organized protests against the nightclub.

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Gary Kushner, an attorney for the Flamingo's owners, said he asked his clients not to comment. He said they had promised the federal judge they wouldn't litigate through the media.

Handwritten posters in the window of Flamingo apparently put up by current dancers at the club disputed the former employees' claims: "We are happy to work in the paradise of Flamingo," and "They're against us because they're not here."