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Ubisoft staff told to strike over remote working changes

French staff at Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft have been urged to strike for three days next month, after being tol…

The call to walk out, first reported by GamesIndustry.biz, comes a week after Ubisoft announced that all of its 19,000 employees worldwide would be required to work from the office three days out of every five - albeit with some flexibility for certain individuals, and without a firm start date for the change. Members of the French video game workers union STJV (Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo) have now called on Ubisoft staff to strike on 15th to 17th October. "After more than five years of working efficiently in the current remote-work context, many of our colleagues have built or rebuilt their lives (family life, housing, parenthood, etc.)

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