Ex-mascot sues Yankees' minor league team in Pa. (AP)
SCRANTON, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man who worked as the mascot for a New York Yankees secondary association team claims his past employer desecrated worker protection laws.
Brian Bonner was ordered soured terminal month from his employ as Champ. He's suing the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (WILKS'-ba-ree) Yankees, claiming they improperly categorised him as a trainer to refrain stipendiary him overtime.
The meet was filed weekday in federal suite in Scranton. In it Bonner claims he could impact more than 80 hours a week in a employ that paying about $22,000 per year. The meet says his denomination was "marketing and accord relations manager" but he performed no supervisory tasks likewise his mascot and accord relations duties.
Team spokesman Larry Freedman disputes the allegations. He says the edifice full complies with period and minimum remuneration laws.
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