Spanish union Coordinadora Sindical del Videojuego (CSV) is looking for 3 days of strike motion each two weeks at Ubisoft Cell Barcelona beginning in September 2026.
The union is encouraging employees to down instruments on September 1, 2, 3, 16, 17, and 18 in opposition of a widespread return-to-office mandate. A protest can be anticipated to happen on Tuesday, September 1, outdoors the places of work of the Invincible: Guarding the Globe developer.
CSV is a department of the Confederación Common del Trabajo (CGT). In an announcement despatched to Recreation Developer, a spokesperson from commerce union coordinator CSVI mentioned Ubisoft has refused to barter with union representatives.
“The strike was communicated to the corporate in early August; nevertheless, the employees’ representatives are nonetheless awaiting a response. The one change is the delay of the return-to-office, from October to January 2027, with none communication with the workers representatives,” they claimed.
“This isn’t the primary try to impose a return-to-office coverage. In 2025, an additional day of workplace work was imposed in a coercive method, negotiated individually with every employee, below the menace that if the employee didn’t settle for the additional day, the removing of distant work could be full.”
Earlier this 12 months, Ubisoft commenced a sweeping restructure in an effort to speed up “price discount initiatives” and refocus round open-world experiences and games-as-a-service tasks. The transfer got here shortly after the corporate secured a $1.25 billion funding from Chinese language conglomerate Tencent.
Regardless of that money injection, Ubisoft mentioned it should rightsize by both downsizing or shuttering some internal studios whereas implementing a return-to-office coverage that can require all groups to work on-site 5 days every week. The shakeup may even outcome within the Murderer’s Creed maker establishing 5 ‘Inventive Homes’ that can turn into liable for key franchises.
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