Software Developers go on strike

**Gorrrrrn** · May 15, 2011, 10:03 AM

Eden Games Go On Strike Against Atari

By John Walker on May 11th, 2011 at 15:56

Eden Games – they behind Test Drive Unlimited 2 and the V-Rally series – and have had enough of their treatment from Atari, and in the face of enormous redundancies at the company and have gone on strike today. GI.biz report that in the face of sackings, the French studio has said enough, and are refusing to work. And they’ve a few choice words to explain why.

Atari has been famously in trouble for more years than I can remember now, the name and ownership bouncing all over the place, the publisher always seeming on the brink of completely shutting down, but somehow scraping through. Some day someone will write a great book all about what really went on there. But for now it’s Eden making the claims, saying that Atari have been badly letting them down. And now after learning they are to lose 51 of their 80 employees they’ve taken strike action.

“Eden Games pays now for Atari mismanagement. For several years we are witnessing multiple leader changes at its head, they did not hesitate to get rich despite financial difficulties. Restructuring plans have been following each others for 10 years at Atari. Each time the recovery project was beautiful and promising, and ended in a failure. We are sceptical about the proposed project. Atari does not play the game of negotiations with employee representatives on the redundancy plan measures. Employee representatives of Eden until now have been extremely collaborative, respecting the very tight deadlines of the redundancy plan.”

more here:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...ri/#more-59082

Be interesting to here more examples of class struggle in the software development industry

**Menelik_I** · May 15, 2011, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Rozanov

more here:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...ri/#more-59082

Be interesting to here more examples of class struggle in the software development industry

1- They are French, strikes is what they do when bored.
2- Class struggle ... somebody read the book

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**Thorn777** · May 15, 2011, 10:39 AM

^Yes everything not conform to your views is comical to you, we get it.

**Kanaric** · May 15, 2011, 11:22 AM

Atari is a

company so good for them.

I wish IT and computer industry people in the US could have unions. Never had healthcare, decent pay, or normal hours when I worked in that field.

**Hookah Smoking Caterpiller** · May 15, 2011, 12:55 PM

Good move, workers in the Software industry are poorly protected and have few rights.

**Kanaric** · May 15, 2011, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Hookah Smoking Caterpiller

Good move, workers in the Software industry are poorly protected and have few rights.

In this US we had to work ridiculous hours with no overtime (salary) and the salary was such garbage i considered joining my friend's union to become a tuck pointer until I switched to IT. Which is just as bad it turned out.

**neoptolemos** · May 15, 2011, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Hookah Smoking Caterpiller

Good move, workers in the Software industry are poorly protected and have few rights.

I agree ,considering their share to this industry's prowess.

Originally Posted by Kanaric

In this US we had to work ridiculous hours with no overtime (salary) and the salary was such garbage .

That's why this strike is justified ,and i hope that it will accomplish something beneficial

**~~Yosemite~~** · May 15, 2011, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Kanaric

In this US we had to work ridiculous hours with no overtime (salary) and the salary was such garbage i considered joining my friend's union to become a tuck pointer until I switched to IT. Which is just as bad it turned out.

man that sucks