Paige took to Twitter on Monday, revealing that she’s learned a lot about “unionism.” Of course, her tweets come after the recent reports of WWE taking over the Cameo and Twitch accounts of their talent. Paige’s tweet drew a response from Zelina Vega, which you can see below.
As many of you know by now, Vince McMahon recently sent an email to WWE talent and told them that the company would be taking ownership of all of their Twitch accounts in four weeks. As you’d imagine, many on the roster are frustrated over this. Paige and Vega both own Twitch accounts that are very popular among fans. Paige tweeted,
“Learned a lot about unionism today.”
Vega replied to that tweet with a simple thinking emoji and “hmm…”
In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about how talent should finally organize a union and now would be the time to do it with the third-party platforms ban. Obviously, WWE wouldn’t fire everyone if they were all on board but many have been reluctant to create one for fear of what may happen. While many wrestlers have talked about the need to unionize for years, only certain individuals have offered to participate and there would need to be a concerted effort where many top names get involved.
As previously reported here on eWn, Paige and Vega recently commented on WWE’s new third-party policy, with Paige saying, “Twitch is MY place what I built with my wonderful fans. A place where people can go and feel some positivity and little bit of normalcy. Fun. Interactive. Non judgemental. Charitable place. I’m proud of what I built with my fan base.”
Vega replied with the following,
“AND helped people (including me) get introduced to what is now my favorite platform filled w/ positive, like minded & amazing people just looking to have fun during hard times in the world. It’s where people support each other and grow together. A family. Always grateful to you. And host charities for people and animals in need. Yesterday we raised enough money to help someone get their cat the surgery they needed to survive. We love what we built and worked hard for.”
🤔 hmm..
— 𝓩𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝓥𝖊𝖌𝖆 (@Zelina_VegaWWE) October 5, 2020
