'Grand Theft Auto' Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firing Dozens

'Rockstar Games fired dozens of employees,' 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.

'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.'

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 VIis slated for release on May 26, 2026, 'and is expected to be one of the top-selling video games of all time.'

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