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WWE star Paige is candid on social media, speaking her mind about issues which WWE management may not approve of.
Today, Paige tweeted about learning about unions. While this message may not seem like a big deal, it can be in the world of pro wrestling, especially WWE, which has been criticized for not being unionized.
Learned a lot about unionism today.
https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/1313239766742167553?s=20
Since WWE issued an edict, denying talent from entering business relationships with third parties, the discussion of unions became more prevalent.
Democratic Presidential nominee Andrew Yang recently took WWE to task on classifying talent as independent contractors, despite controlling what business relationships they make outside WWE.
If I鈥檓 not the Secretary of Labor I鈥檓 pretty confident I鈥檒l have his or her number to talk about the ridiculous classification of WWE wrestlers as independent contractors while controlling their name and likeness for years, even for something as benign as Cameo.
— Andrew Yang馃Б猬嗭笍馃嚭馃嚫 (@AndrewYang) September 5, 2020
In 1984, Jesse “The Body” Ventura attempted to organize fellow WWF(E) talent and form a union, which he spoke about extensively throughout the years. He later sued WWF(E) to reclaim home video royalties, and revealed Hulk Hogan tipped off Vince McMahon to his union scheme.