{"id":6884,"date":"2022-05-04T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=6884"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T11:35:23","slug":"first-collective-agreement-in-the-croatian-video-game-industry","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/first-collective-agreement-in-the-croatian-video-game-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"First collective agreement in the Croatian video games industry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Croatian\u00a0union\u00a0Novi\u00a0Sindikat\u00a0and\u00a0studio Gamechuck signed\u00a0this week\u00a0the\u00a0first collective agreement<\/a> in the history of the video games industry in Croatia, with reductions in working hours, more days off and a 10 percent profit share for Gamechuck workers.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201dThe video games industry is growing rapidly in the Republic of Croatia, and concurrently, so do the opportunities for the exploitation of workers, especially when it comes to the infamous \u2018crunch time.\u2019 Fortunately, crunch is absent in Gamechuck, but that does not mean it cannot and will not happen. The collective agreement protects Gamechuck\u2019s workers against such situations. I believe that this is a big step for workers\u2019 rights in the video games industry in the Republic of Croatia,\u201d said Igor Gajic, union commissioner in Gamechuck.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The collective agreement prescribes a shortened working week of up to 33 hours and 45 minutes, a paid 45-minute daily break, 24 days of annual leave, a systematic review and payment into the third pension pillar.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The secretary of the Novi\u00a0Sindikat, Tomislav Ki\u0161, pointed out that the\u00a0agreement was the result of mutual desire to regulate labour relations.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe have opened some positive practices such as \u2018profit sharing\u2019 – the possibility of distributing 10 percent of the net profit back to workers. This year it will amount to 1000 kuna. That may be small, but it motivates workers to make the company more profitable next year,\u201d\u00a0Kish said.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The video games industry in Croatia is booming, and so are the opportunities for the exploitation of workers, warned union commissioner in Gamechuck Igor Gaji\u0107.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe video games industry is a juggernaut that unions must rein in Croatia and elsewhere,\u201d said Ben Parton, Head of the ICTS sector of UNI Global Union. \u201cWith this agreement at Gamechuck Novi Sindikat is showing the way to others who want to organize this growing sector.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The collective agreement between Gamechuck and\u00a0Novi\u00a0Sindikat guarantees:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n