{"id":78731,"date":"2020-09-04T23:06:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T04:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=78731"},"modified":"2020-09-05T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:18:29","slug":"2020-u-s-presidential-candidate-calls-out-vince-mcmahon-for-classifying-wwe-wrestlers-as-independent-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/09\/04\/2020-u-s-presidential-candidate-calls-out-vince-mcmahon-for-classifying-wwe-wrestlers-as-independent-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 U.S. Presidential candidate calls out Vince McMahon for classifying WWE wrestlers as independent contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1818542782\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Yang, who ran for the Democratic U.S. Presidential nomination earlier this year, took issue with WWE labeling its wrestlers as independent contractors on Friday. &#8220;Vince you\u2019d better hope your old friend Donald wins because change is in the air and changes are long overdue where your corrupt labor practices are concerned,&#8221; Yang wrote on his Twitter page. &#8220;It would give me great pleasure. The people know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grew up a wrestling fan and it\u2019s been sad to see so many of my childhood heroes pass away early. I\u2019d feel better knowing that they and their families were being fairly treated &#8211; I look forward to doing what I can for the next generation of performers. I know how tough it is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I\u2019m not the Secretary of Labor I\u2019m pretty confident I\u2019ll 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Yang dropped out of the U.S. Presidential race in February. There has been speculation that he could be offered the Secretary of Labor position if Joe Biden win the election in November. Yang is clearly referring to the story that broke today regarding WWE ordering talent to stop using their names and likenesses with third party services (believed to include Twitch and Cameo) even if they are using their real names rather than their character names. WWE threatened fines, suspensions, and even termination if the talent do not comply by October 2. It will be interesting to see if the company changes course now that the story is getting political attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> WWE issued the following press release regarding the third party issue on Saturday: &#8220;Much like Disney and Warner Bros., WWE creates, promotes and invests in its intellectual property, i.e. the stage names of performers like The Fiend Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns, Big E and Braun Strowman. It is the control and exploitation of these characters that allows WWE to drive revenue, which in turn enables the company to compensate performers at the highest levels in the sports entertainment industry. Notwithstanding the contractual language, it is imperative for the success of our company to protect our greatest assets and establish partnerships with third parties on a companywide basis, rather than at the individual level, which as a result will provide more value for all involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vince you\u2019d better hope your old friend Donald wins because change is in the air and changes are long overdue where your corrupt labor practices are concerned. It would give me great pleasure. The people know.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Yang&#x1f9e2;&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; (@AndrewYang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1302074315454795776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I grew up a wrestling fan and it\u2019s been sad to see so many of my childhood heroes pass away early. I\u2019d feel better knowing that they and their families were being fairly treated &#8211; I look forward to doing what I can for the next generation of performers. I know how tough it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Yang&#x1f9e2;&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; (@AndrewYang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1302073389788651520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If I\u2019m not the Secretary of Labor I\u2019m pretty confident I\u2019ll 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Yang&#x1f9e2;&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; (@AndrewYang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1302071496282648576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1834623759\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[3657,542,128,56,101],"class_list":["post-78731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-andrew-yang","tag-donald-trump","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-vince-mcmahon","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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