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bouh@lemmy.world 11 months agoVideo game workers are starting to unionise in France, finally.
The liberal culture of the people working there didn’t help.
Comment on The games industry sucks
bouh@lemmy.world 11 months agoVideo game workers are starting to unionise in France, finally.
The liberal culture of the people working there didn’t help.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m British, so I don’t have a great understanding of French law, but do they have unions in the same way, or are they similar to works councils in Germany? I know French law is protective of workers, so wonder if it’s as divisive as it would be in the West.
bouh@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Union is actually mandatory in France if the company is more than 50 people iirc. But depending on the place, and especially in computer related work, very, very few people participate in the union.
Unions often suffer very bad reputation, and people are very often afraid either that they will act against their company interest or antagonise their bosses. I think about 15% of workers are unionised in France.