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Ubisoft workers in France don\u2019t just want roses for Valentine\u2019s Day. They want <\/span>bread<\/span><\/a> too.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

In Annecy, Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier and Paris, employees of the video game giant and its subsidiaries went on strike on 14 February after mandatory salary negotiations with the Video Game Workers Union (STJV), Solidaires Informatique and CFE-CGC hit a wall. <\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Announcing the strike, UNI affiliate STJV says: \u201cThe reduction in our standard of living, for Ubisoft leaders, is not a bug, it is a feature. That a company that continues to make profits, despite multi-deficient management, decides to make employees pay to increase its profits is simply unacceptable.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The workers say that Ubisoft offered a pay rise below the inflation mark even though the Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/i> maker is enjoying returns \u201cwell beyond [the company’s] expectations.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe strikes at Ubisoft are part of a global trend of video game workers wanting recognition for the value of their labour. They are rejecting a crunch culture that strains their personal lives and squeezes their salaries,\u201d said UNI Global Union\u2019s Head of the Information, Communications, Tech and Related Services sector Benjamin Parton<\/b>. \u201cUbisoft France workers are seeing incredible solidarity in their workplaces, but more than that, tech and video game workers from around the world are sending love and support this Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

UNI\u2019s 2022 survey of video game workers<\/a> and found that low pay was the most cited issue among respondents. In Europe, 77 per cent of workers noted that remuneration was their key issue. The global union coordinates international networks of tech and video game employees.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ubisoft workers in France don\u2019t just want roses for Valentine\u2019s Day. 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