Reggie Fils-Aimé tells game-industry leaders to embrace unions and move on
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Today, employees at game developer Raven Software will get the results of their vote to unionize. This created an opportunity to ask key figures from the industry to give their opinions on unions. And former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé told The Washington Post in an interview today that good leaders will embrace unions as a business reality.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>.@Reggie tells @MikeHumePost, «I've worked in industries that have had high levels of unionization. This is not a good or bad thing, it is a situation that as a leader, as an executive, you need to manage just like any other challenge, or issue or opportunity that you face.» pic.twitter.com/UyLbrMWGeb“In many industries, unionization is a good thing,” said Fils-Aimé. “And as a leader, you need to look hard, and if this is what your employees want, you need to address that, embrace it, and move on.”
Fils-Aimé has had a long career even before his time at Nintendo. He specifically worked at Pizza Hut, which had exposure to numerous union-heavy professions including truck drivers. And he explained that in his experience, unions are something that capable leader learns to work with.
“I’ve worked in industries that have had high levels of unionization,” said Fils-Aimé. “This is not a good or bad thing. It is a situation that as a leader, as an executive, you need to manage just like any other challenge, issue, or opportunity that you face.”
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