Exclusive: Former Nintendo Staffer Claims Union-Busting in Dismissal

Mackenzie Clifton, the Nintendo employee who filed a labor lawsuit against the game company earlier this year, used her identity for the first time in an interview with Axios.

Why is this important? An experienced playtester says they were fired in February after being questioned about ties to Nintendo management and contracting company Aston Carter. The complaint claims that the employers blocked Clifton’s ability to negotiate with the union without fear of retaliation, a constitutionally protected right.

They say that by telling this story, they hope that more people will think about how the video game industry works and how these well-known and respected companies that provide great entertainment really work. During a question-and-answer segment, Clifton asked Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser about the recent trend of quality assurance unions in the gaming business, reports Axios. (The incident was first reported by gaming website Kotaku without providing any identifying information or details.)

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The meeting did not answer Clifton’s questions. But that same day, Clifton said, they got a call from an executive at Aston Carter advising them to contact the contractor instead of Nintendo because it was a “side question.”

“Confused and upset,” Clifton said. A month later, Clifton lost his job.

According to Nintendo, Clifton was fired for publicly sharing “confidential information” and not for union involvement. In response to their request for proof of the hack, Clifton tells Axios they received a tweet they posted on February 16: “Someone in today’s build must have cleared all the other game settings because now everything is red. E .As a pure red, it’s so fun.

Given the vagueness of the tweet, Clifton says the information is false. Clifton did not specify what he was working on.

Neither Nintendo nor Austin Carter responded to requests for comment about Clifton’s account. The NLRB declined to comment on the status of the case.

The Big Picture: Current and former Nintendo of America contractors claim Nintendo is treating them unfairly. Following the overall attention created by the NLRP Clipton, others have argued that Nintendo is subordinate to unstable and tense temporary contracts, even in sports trials, customer service groups and sports writing groups.

According to some major actors, the change in the full condition is unusual. Among these comments in the workplace are the allegations of misconduct, Nintendo told his employees at home that he was active and Nintendo did not publish public reports on the use of comprehensive entrepreneurs.

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