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700 Ubisoft workers strike in France over failed salary negotiations


Over 700 unionised Ubisoft employees working across the company's French studios have taken part in an organised day of…

Over 700 unionised Ubisoft employees working across the company's French studios have taken part in an organised day of strike action after annual salary negotiations collapsed. The strike, organised by French game workers union STJV (Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo), took place on 14th February across Ubisoft's Paris, Montpellier, Annecy, Lyon, and Bordeaux studios. CAPTION STJV accused Ubisoft management of offering a "budget for increases below inflation, for the second year in a row", saying the company was hiding behind a "purely arbitrary cost reduction policy".

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