Home News "This crisis was avoidable, but our bosses chose to drive blindly towards disaster": French videogame union STJV call for national industry strike day
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"This crisis was avoidable, but our bosses chose to drive blindly towards disaster": French videogame union STJV call for national industry strike day

The French Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) union have called for a national strike across the country's games industry on June 25th. The action's being taken against the ongoing layoffs which continue to ravage the game-making space, with the union calling on striking workers to "demand major o...

The French Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) union have called for a national strike across the country's games industry on June 25th. The action's being taken against the ongoing layoffs which continue to ravage the game-making space, with the union calling on striking workers to "demand major organisational changes within their companies".

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