Strikes

WHAT is a strike? A complete work stoppage…Partial stoppage or slowdown at work is not legally recognized as a strike. …collective and coordinated…For a strike to be legal, at least 2 salaried workers must take part in it. The only exceptions are if the employee is the company’s sole employee, or if they are responding to a national call to strike (like many of the STJV’s). …to make work-related demands.These demands encompass salaries, working conditions, jobs protection… If any of those 3 conditions is not met, the strike is considered illegal and salaried workers taking part in it are not […]

Since the movement against pensions reform in 2023, the STJV has its own internal strike fund. What is its purpose? Strike hours and days are not paid. It limits the number of workers who can participate in strike actions and social movements and, for those who can, it can quickly come at important economic cost. To limit these problems and allow workers to mobilise wide and far, we are calling to collective solidarity by creating strike funds. These funds are transfered to striking workers who need it the most. How can I donate? The STJV strike fund is funded in […]

This is the fifth week of industrial action since the announcement of a layoff plan aimed at firing 69 people at Don’t Nod, and the studio’s bosses are still content to send us a weekly email explaining why we’re wrong to complain. Don’t be alarmed, Oskar Guilbert insists in every message that he’s suffering from the situation just as much as we are, if not more. Perhaps he could call the helpline he has set up for us, instead of having a real social dialogue? We are not looking for sympathy, we are looking for a response to our precise […]

Despite alarmist statements from employers, the video game industry continues to grow and companies continue to rake in profits. But that money isn’t going into the pockets of workers who are losing their jobs at breakneck speed, while their bosses sleep peacefully, not fearing for their pay. It’s about time they started answering for themselves. Companies are full of qualified workers fully capable of managing their own production and taking the decisions that will guarantee the survival of their jobs. The only thing standing in their way is their bosses, who have become masters in the arts of turning a […]

DON’T NOD management is currently proceeding with what is cynically called a “Plan de Sauvegarde de l’Emploi” (redundancy plan). This translates in them choosing to fire a third of our colleagues. This comes after they were warned on many occasions by employee representatives that their decisions would lead to disaster. Now that we face the catastrophe, their answer is that employees will have to suffer the consequences. Facing this unacceptable situation, workers at DON’T NOD already took action by walking out on Monday, October 28th and organized a day-long strike on Friday, November 8th. They wish to keep fighting to […]