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Last year, employees were let go in what a trade union termed as ‘union busting.’ Rockstar alleges they were leaking sensitive information.
The employees were let go last year in a move that a trade union called ‘union busting.’ Rockstar claims they were leaking information.
A tribunal in the UK dismissed a plea from sacked Rockstar Games staff for temporary payment while awaiting the full hearing regarding their termination, as reported by Bloomberg and IGN. Following Rockstar’s dismissal of 34 employees last year — 31 based in the UK and three in Canada — the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) accused the firm of “union busting.” Rockstar asserts that the terminated employees were disclosing confidential company data in a Discord group.
The hearing spanned two days last week. “While we were denied interim relief, we left last week’s hearing with greater assurance that a comprehensive tribunal will show Rockstar’s deliberate effort to dismantle a union as not just unfair but illegal,” stated IWGB president Alex Marshall in a declaration. “The mere fact that we were able to have this hearing reflects the strength of our argument and, during the two-day session, Rockstar consistently fell short of substantiating statements made in the media or to counter the notion that they acted unfairly, with malice, and disregarded their own procedures.”
“We regret that dismissals were necessary, but we uphold our actions as justified by the results of this hearing,” stated a spokesperson for Rockstar Games while responding to Bloomberg and IGN. Rockstar and its parent company Take-Two did not provide an immediate response to a request for comments.
Rockstar is currently in development on Grand Theft Auto VI, which has recently been postponed from a scheduled May release to November 19th.
