The Impartial Employees’ Union of Nice Britain (IWGB) has accused Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Video games of union busting after the corporate fired between 30 and 40 workers throughout its varied places of work within the U.Okay. and Canada final week, as reported by Bloomberg. The report says all the staff laid off had been a part of a personal union Discord chat group and had been both already union members or trying to arrange one at Rockstar.
“Rockstar has simply carried out one of the vital blatant and ruthless acts of union busting within the historical past of the video games trade,” IWGB president Alex Marshall stated in an announcement to Bloomberg. “This flagrant contempt for the regulation and for the lives of the employees who carry of their billions is an insult to their followers and the worldwide trade.”
Take-Two Interactive, which publishes the Grand Theft Auto sequence and owns Rockstar Video games, informed the publication that the firings had been for “gross misconduct” and no different cause, noting that the corporate helps how the developer dealt with the layoffs.
IWGB has not said whether or not it’ll pursue judicial motion towards Rockstar Video games relating to its accusation of union busting, however Recreation Informer will replace this story if it learns extra.
Grand Theft Auto VI launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S on Might 26, after it was delayed out of 2025 earlier this yr.
[Source: Bloomberg]
