Ubisoft workers begin strike over wages

Workers at video game giant Ubisoft began a three-day strike in France on Tuesday, in a dispute over home working and pay, which has hit the company, which is already struggling with sales. weak and their stock price fell.
Although games launched by the company, such as “Star Wars Outlaws,” “Skull and Bones,” and the new episode of “Prince of Berga,” failed to impress investors, the company raised concerns including after canceling the release of the series. the latest version of the “Assassin’s Creed” series until next year.
The value of Ubisoft’s shares has fallen more than 40 percent since the beginning of the year, touching a 10-year low last September.
This week’s strike, prompted by a letter from management in September demanding that its workers worldwide return to in-person office work three days a week, follows another strike in February by hundreds of workers in France over a wage dispute.
The unions said they received no response to the complaints they raised in February and that the letter in September was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
Clement Montaigne, of the video game sector workers’ union, told AFP that the move to in-person work goes against promises made to workers and “raises questions about the way they organize their work”. life “
Ubisoft managers told employees in an email that returning to the office was key to fostering creativity, and promised to give employees time to adjust.
Agence France-Presse saw around 50 people at a seat in front of the company’s headquarters in the city of Montpellier in southern France, and Ubisoft’s offices in Annecy, Lyon and Paris are also expected to be affected.