LogInAn arbitrary request for employees to return to the office three days a week and failed profit-sharing negotiations are the main reasons for the call.
A union in France has called for the employees from all of Ubisoft’s France entities to strike in October over the company’s request to return to office and failed profit-sharing negotiations.
Le Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), namely the French union of workers in the video game industry, has called the strike, stating that the management’s announcement of 3 days per week in the offices “was made without any tangible justification or any consultation with the workers’ representatives.”
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STJV believed that this order would result in some of the colleagues losing their jobs because they have adapted to the current remote work style, which has been working perfectly over the past five years, allowing the employees to have “ built or rebuilt their lives (family life, housing, parenthood, etc.)”
The union urged the workers to strike not only because of such an arbitrary request but also because the negotiations about the profit-sharing policy were not going well. The union felt that “the negotiation’s timetable was appalling, and management was deaf to the proposals of the various Employee representatives.” This led the union to immediately announce the strike call.
Also, they’ve listed the demands in the statement, including the option for employees to choose their monthly working days in the office, an increase in salaries with “restoration of the profit-sharing at a 60% objective”, and a commitment by the company to truly listen to employees’ opinions.
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