The Jersey Shore cast is hitting MTV up for a salary increase before filming for the fifth season of the hit reality show can begin.  Reports have surfaced that the cast is being required to report immediately to Jersey after returning home from Florence, but it looks like Snooki, Pauly D and the other castmembers aren’t especially eager to comply.

The cast will return stateside on July 23rd and begin filming in Jersey on July 26th.  I don’t blame them for holding out for more dough – with a schedule like that, they won’t even have time to get over their jetlag!

The Jersey Shore cast has allegedly joined together and refused to begin filming unless MTV draws up new contracts with salary increases for each star.

Looks like the Guidos and Guidette are playing hardball, but with the insane success of the 495 Productions program, it doesn’t look like MTV has much of a choice, but to show them the money!

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