Gabrielle Carteris, the President of labor union for SAG-AFTRA (The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), reached out to Zelina Vega on social media after news broke of Vega’s release from WWE.
SAG-AFTRA represents over 160,000 people in the entertainment industry, including singers, TV actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, and voice actors.
Shortly before the release was announced, Vega (real name Thea Trinidad Budgen) posted on Twitter that she supports unionization. Vega, along with Paige and AJ Styles, was one of the more prominent WWE Superstars impacted by the recent edict about Twitch accounts.
Vega recently launched an OnlyFans account where people can purchase pictures of her wearing cosplay outfits. There is a strict non-nude policy.
Vega signed with WWE in 2017. She was the manager of Andrade (and later Angel Garza) from the beginning until the act was broken up in recent months. She was moved to SmackDown after not being selected in the WWE Draft. She is married to WWE Superstar Aleister Black.
It is believed that Vega has a 90-day non-compete clause, which would prevent her from appearing for any other wrestling promotion sometime in February 2021.
Hey @Zelina_VegaWWE Thanks for standing strong for labor solidarity. I support you. Please email me PresidentCarteris@sagaftra.org https://t.co/tYEiiFhB9S
— Gabrielle Carteris (@TheGabrielle_C) November 14, 2020
So do we. https://t.co/kgTIrv0jdl
— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra) November 14, 2020