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title: "Reggie – Nintendo union issues"
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description: "We learned last month about a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board by a Nintendo employee who claimed their right to unionize had been infringed."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2022-05-22 14:23:58"
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Reggie - Nintendo union issues | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Reggie – Nintendo union issues](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/reggie-nintendo-union-issues.jpeg "Reggie – Nintendo union issues")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/reggie-nintendo-union-issues.jpeg)We learned last month about a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board by a Nintendo employee who claimed their right to unionize had been infringed. Contractors have spoken out in numerous pieces published by publications such as IGN and Kotaku since then.

Reggie Fils-Aime used to be the president of Nintendo of America, but he left the firm a few years ago. In an interview, the Washington Post recently asked him for his opinion on the current stories. “This isn’t the Nintendo I left,” Reggie said, since contractors were offered chances like attending meetings and events, as well as bimonthly and quarterly lunches, when he was there.

## [](#reggies-statement)Reggie’s statement

> I did read that story. And again, at this point I’m three years removed from being president of Nintendo of America. It’s been awhile. As a I read the stories and I read the reports, it struck me that this isn’t the Nintendo that I left.
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> And what I mean by that is while I was at Nintendo, we routinely had meetings and events where our associates – that’s how we referred to our contract employees – were invited. Just as a small example, I was famous for doing bimonthly and quarterly lunches with employees – it was a basic sign up. And associates were invited to sign up for this as much as full-time employees. We didn’t make a distinction. The reports I hear really strike me as just not the company I knew. I’ll just leave it at that.
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> A core focus while I was at Nintendo of America was having a healthy culture within the company, and I know I was able to achieve that. And certainly what’s being described does not seem like a healthy culture.

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