Workers from Ubisoft Barcelona have began a three-day strike in protest on the choice to put off 51 employees on the studio.
The strike, which is organised by the Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego (CSVI) union, is happening throughout negotiations over proposed job cuts.
Replace – Ubisoft responds
Ubisoft has responded to VGC’s request for remark.
“We’re conscious of the strike motion introduced at Ubisoft Barcelona and respect workers’ proper to precise their views,” a spokesperson advised us.
“Ubisoft has initiated a proposed restructuring of Ubisoft Barcelona as a part of broader efforts to scale back prices and focus sources on strategic priorities. Beneath this proposal, the studio would focus solely on Rainbow Six tasks, which can impression as much as 51 workers.
“This stays a proposal, and no last choice can be made till the collective session course of has concluded. We’re dedicated to constructive dialogue with worker representatives and to supporting workers all through this era.”
The studio not too long ago completed work on Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. And in keeping with tech and gameplay animator Manel Cota on X, the Barcelona staff “did all of the underwater ranges” for the sport including: “And that very same staff is being fired proper now as a result of Ubisoft thinks that’s what we deserve.”
Whereas the proposed layoffs come proper after the discharge of Black Flag Resynced, which bought 2 million copies on its first day, they had been truly reported a month in the past.
In early June, VGC reported that Ubisoft was closing its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios, and restructuring its Barcelona workplace, which might end in as many as a mixed 380 job losses. As a part of this report it was revealed that Ubisoft Barcelona was set to be restructured to focus solely on Rainbow Six tasks.
As a part of its three-day strike, Ubisoft Barcelona employees are demanding:
- The cancellation of the proposed 51 layoffs.
- Stronger job safety ensures to stop mass layoffs taking place sooner or later.
- The return of the studio’s earlier distant working coverage, which allowed as much as 60% distant working.
- Promotions and wage will increase that they are saying had been beforehand promised.
“Regardless of the sport’s industrial success, 51 Ubisoft Barcelona employees will lose their jobs within the coming weeks, a CSVI assertion on the strike stated. “After an intense manufacturing, the corporate claims a ‘strategic shift’ to justify these layoffs.
“After years of dedication to our staff, the corporate has turned its again on us. We’ll by no means see the fruits of our labour, and the reward for our onerous work would be the lack of our jobs.”
VGC has contacted Ubisoft for touch upon the state of affairs.
