… Workers and outside union supporters gathered globally after the employees were fired, in front of Rockstar Games' offices, to protest what the union called union busting by Rockstar Games.. A date for a hearing has been set, a Rockstar Games Workers Union representative said in the YouTube video. …
… The fired workers were denied interim pay by a UK employment tribunal in January 2026, but the case has yet to fully play out in court. Part of the reason the Rockstar Game Workers Union decided to go public now is to help raise money for their legal defense. …
Developers at Rockstar Games have publicly announced a union known as the Rockstar Game Workers Union RGWU , which is a subsidiary of the wider Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain IWGB . …
… Wccftech attended the protest and spoke to one of the fired workers from Rockstar Toronto, who stopped short of laying union-busting accusations at Rockstar, but did say, " The only common link between anyone who was fired is being a member of this community, and this community had the explicit pur… …
Friday, May 29th 2026 Rockstar Workers Unionize Ahead of GTA VI Launch Following Dismissal of 31 Workers by Cpt.Jank Today, 01:04 Discuss 10 Comments Following the dismissal of 31 workers in 2025, which Rockstar and Take-Two argued were motivated by gross misconduct, which drew allegations of union… …
… Now, Rockstar devs have gone public with their union, calling themselves the Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union. …
… But one outcome has been reached: Rockstar workers have formed a union. The Rockstar Game Workers Union via Game Developer is a part of the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, the union that's been leading the effort against Rockstar on behalf of the employees who were fired in 2025. …
… Those who were fired were members of IWGB. Rockstar alleges that confidential company information was shared in the group, which contained members who were not Rockstar employees. Therefore, Rockstar maintains that it fired these workers for leaking, not for unionising . …
… The GTA VI studio now claims that firing dozens of employees last week for “gross misconduct” was because they were “found to be distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum.” The president of the IWGB said to Bloomberg in response that Rockstar is “prioritizing union-bust… …
