Strikes

Right to strike and ongoing strikes

The right to strike is granted by the Constitution, and allows workers to assert their central position in business’ value production.

The STJV produced a guide on how to strike. This pages lists the current strike movements.

STJV logo : dark background with a white font, top line is an S and a stylized gamepad D-pad ; bottom line are a J and a V followed by a red dot
The right to strike in private companies
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 […]
STJV strike fund
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 […]

Current strikes:

Ubisoft (worldwide) – 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2026

Ubisoft is no more, long live Ubisoft! On January 21, 2026, Yves Guillemot announced the end of remote work, closure of several studios, cancellation of projects, and a new 200€ million “cost-cutting” plan. We were informed of this at the same time as the press — as none of these changes had been discussed during the mandatory consultations with the works councils a few days earlier! On January 26, 2026, management announced the implementation of a voluntary departure plan that will affect 200 people at Ubisoft’s headquarters. We are promised autonomy for « Creative Houses », but what about autonomy for employees? We have been negotiating for over a year on remote work policy, sometimes under difficult conditions. An agreement has been in place since September in some studios. Trampled underfoot! We are told about responsibilities, but those who wield this word so easily do not take any responsibility for the consequences of their catastrophic management.
We are not fooled: rather than taking financial responsibility for layoffs, they prefer to push us out by making our working conditions unbearable. It’s outrageous. It is because we love Ubisoft that this situation revolts us. Ubisoft’s unions are calling for a massive international strike by all Ubisoft employees on the 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2026. NO to their anti-remote-work obsession to “cost-cutting” plans on employees’ backs to top-down decisions to coercive control on our working conditions YES to our leaders truly taking their responsibilities to management’s duty of sincerity in the face of its failings It is time for our management to understand that they cannot do whatever they want, whether with public money or the work of hundreds of people! Without us, Ubisoft would never have conquered and transformed video games as it has. WE ARE UBISOFT.

Current strikes funds:

No current funds for now.