'Grand Theft Auto' Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firing Dozens (msn.com)
(Monday November 03, 2025 @03:53AM (EditorDavid)
from the obey-and-survive dept.)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/0542221/grand-theft-auto-studio-accused-of-union-busting-after-firing-dozens
- Source link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/grand-theft-auto-studio-accused-of-union-busting-after-firings/ar-AA1PARhu
"Rockstar Games fired dozens of employees," [1]reports Bloomberg , "in a move that a British trade union said was designed to prevent the workers from unionizing. The company said they were fired for misconduct."
> TheGrand Theft Automaker terminatedbetween 30 and 40 staffersacross multipleoffices in the UK and Canada on Thursday, according to aspokesperson for the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB). All of the employees were part of a private trade union chat groupon Discord and were either members of the union or attempting to organize at the company, the union spokesperson said.
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> "Rockstar has just carried out one of the most blatant and ruthless acts of union busting in the history of the games industry," Alex Marshall, president of theIWGB, said in a statement. "This flagrant contempt for the law and for the lives of the workers who bring in their billions is an insult to their fans and the global industry."
[2]On BlueSky the IWGB union posted "We won't back down, and we're not scared — we will fight for every member to be reinstated."
Bloomberg notes that Grand Theft Auto VI is slated for release on May 26, 2026, "and is expected to be one of the top-selling video games of all time."
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/grand-theft-auto-studio-accused-of-union-busting-after-firings/ar-AA1PARhu
[2] https://bsky.app/profile/gameworkers.co.uk/post/3m4jbekuhrc2m
> TheGrand Theft Automaker terminatedbetween 30 and 40 staffersacross multipleoffices in the UK and Canada on Thursday, according to aspokesperson for the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB). All of the employees were part of a private trade union chat groupon Discord and were either members of the union or attempting to organize at the company, the union spokesperson said.
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> "Rockstar has just carried out one of the most blatant and ruthless acts of union busting in the history of the games industry," Alex Marshall, president of theIWGB, said in a statement. "This flagrant contempt for the law and for the lives of the workers who bring in their billions is an insult to their fans and the global industry."
[2]On BlueSky the IWGB union posted "We won't back down, and we're not scared — we will fight for every member to be reinstated."
Bloomberg notes that Grand Theft Auto VI is slated for release on May 26, 2026, "and is expected to be one of the top-selling video games of all time."
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/grand-theft-auto-studio-accused-of-union-busting-after-firings/ar-AA1PARhu
[2] https://bsky.app/profile/gameworkers.co.uk/post/3m4jbekuhrc2m
Re: (Score:2)
by fluffernutter ( 1411889 )
At one time I would have said, only 20 more years or so and humans will progress to the point that everyone will understand that a kid is born who they are and no game will change that. That all the world does is either make them comfortable to be who they were born as or hide it for their whole lives. Now sadly I feel humans have reached their peak and are now regressing.
Also got rid of space (Score:2)
by Hentes ( 2461350 )
> heGrand Theft Automaker terminatedbetween 30 and 40 staffersacross multipleoffices in the UK and Canada on Thursday, according to aspokesperson for the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB).
Even worse, they also took the spacebar of the Union spokesman!
Loathing (Score:3)
It's not so much that they engage in morally corrupt and outright illegal practices... Corporations, I mean...
No, it's the blatant disregard for our intelligence they display in the reasonings and excuses they give that makes me hate them so much.