700 Ubisoft Workers Strike in France Following Failed Salary Negotiations
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Some 700 unionised Ubisoft employees downed (development) tools in France, walking off the job in a day of organised strike action. Following the collapse of annual salary negotiations, on Valentine's Day, workers from Ubisoft Paris, Montpellier, Lyon, Annecy, and Bordeaux took part, taking to the streets in the time-honoured French tradition.
The strike was orchestrated by the French game workers union STJV (Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo), announced at the beginning of February after negotiations with management failed to achieve the desired results (thanks Eurogamer). STJV alleges that Ubisoft offered wage "increases "below inflation for the second year in a row", declaring that the company was hiding behind a "purely arbitrary cost reduction policy".
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