Union Calls For ‘Entire Video Game Sector’ To Strike Later This Week

Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) is urging “anyone employed by a video game company” across “the entire video game sector” to strike on June 25, protesting rising layoffs and what it calls “repeated abuse against workers” by studio bosses who “continue to lounge in their mansions with indoor pools, even if their studios are shut down.” STJV announced its “Summer Greve Fest” strike on June 22 in a blog post, saying that “the exceptional disastrous situation in the video games industry calls for an exceptional response” and that “everything points to the French video game industry being in a critical situation.” The union added that one month after a national strike on May 27 the situation “hasn’t gotten any better, and even more jobs are under threat.” The union highlighted expected layoffs at Quantic Dream, noting an earlier estimate of about 95 jobs had risen to 115, and pointed to the recent removal of Spellcasters Chronicles from Steam less than three months after release.

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