Nintendo allegedly violates Workers rights to organise

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padib said:

sc94597 said:

If enough workers at Nintendo of America decide they want a union, there will be a vote and there isn't really much Nintendo can do about there being a vote. That's why they, like many other U.S companies, try to stifle (not explicitly because that would be illegal) and retaliate against organizers (again implicitly) before it gets that far. 

The NLRA is pretty clear about there being a legal right to form unions in the United States. 

Sure, but I was also clear that I suggested what I believe to be right: a legal means for a company to opt out if they believe and defend that it could be detrimental to the company.

Of course any company's management, who work on the behalf of shareholders, is going to make an argument that unions "could" be detrimental. The interests of the workers and the shareholders/management (aka "the company") are almost always counterposed. But ultimately there is no legal opt-out in American law. Any company whose workforce votes to unionize must abide by the decision after that vote takes place -- regardless of the management's ostensible arguments for why "it could be detrimental to the company." The company gets a chance to argue their side in the election, but if they lose the vote they have to accept the union.