Rockstar workers push to unionize ahead of GTA VI’s launch

Workers astatine Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Games person submitted a petition for their union, the IWGB Game Workers Union, to beryllium voluntarily recognized, according to a property release. The petition follows Rockstar firing much than 30 staffers past twelvemonth successful a determination accused of being "union busting."

According to the release, IWGB members person been "actively" organizing since 2019 and "claim they present correspond a important proportionality of the workforce crossed each of the studio's sites successful Edinburgh, Dundee, Lincoln, Leeds and London." As the national has grown, "Rockstar has already made improvements to workers' conditions including unprecedented …

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