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\nOver 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.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe 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. The STJV had called for action at the start of this month, saying annual salary negotiations had reached an unsatisfactory conclusion.\n<\/p>\n

“In recent weeks,” the STJV wrote in a statement shared at the time<\/a>, “Mandatory Annual Negotiations on salaries have taken place in several Ubisoft entities in France, and the STJV was obviously present. Despite concerted efforts by union organisations to find an acceptable compromise, negotiations hit a wall.”\n<\/p>\n

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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. The STJV had called for action at the start of this month, saying annual salary negotiations had reached an unsatisfactory conclusion. “In recent weeks,” the STJV wrote in a statement shared at the time, “Mandatory Annual Negotiations on salaries have taken place in several Ubisoft entities in France, and the STJV was obviously present. Despite concerted efforts by union organisations to find an acceptable compromise, negotiations hit a…<\/p>\n

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