Nintendo of America President: “Everyone Has the Right To Form a Union”
Nintendo of America President: “Everyone Has the Right To Form a Union”
Inverse sat down with Doug Bowser to talk about the release of 'Super Mario Bros. Wonder,' the future of the Nintendo Switch, and the state of the industry.
Legally, he can't say otherwise. Our CEO said the same thing, immediately followed by "but I don't know why anyone would do that, we are so much better without a union".
Now let's see you walk the walk
I can't imagine he'd say this publicly unless they were ready to back it up. If there was a game company that needs to lead the charge on this, it's Nintendo.
I can imagine it's not hard, in fact.
This is a major opportunity for the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union to expand into a new industry.
Never thought Nintendo would be so explicit about gay marriage... Just beautiful.
I would argue that there's one thing better than a union.
It's everyone being paid fairly and being treated fairly.
Which doesn't happen without a union, no matter how much you wish it.
Well, it could happen, but you will never be able to trust it. Your good boss has a heart attack, someone else takes over, they need to increase profits, and bam. Wages and benefits are cut.
The underlying problem is an imbalance of power in favour of owners over workers; this is the problem unionisation solves, and it cannot be solved any other way.
Look, I’m probably the exception here, but someone I know works at a company as a manager. He is more than willing to work with the union guys there with anything, but the real problem is that a lot of them get very lazy. Like, not doing their job lazy. And it’s near impossible to get rid of them because the union will spin it some other way. That’s the one real negative to unions, but they’re not the silver bullet to every industry
Well... yes. The union is a means to an end.
This is like saying the only thing better than a hammer is a nail to join two blocks of wood. I would hope so.
It's more like saying.
The only thing better than a hammer and nail is having wood that magically joins together all by itself.
Have you been asleep these past few decades? Corporations will never do that. Billionaires don't become rich by working hard and earning it. It's from stealing wages and destroying competition.
Anything less than a cooperative is a compromise.
Same with food banks. A world where we don't need food banks because everyone is cared for already would be magnificent.
But here we are, in this world.