Chris Kerr,
Senior Editor, News,GameDeveloper.com
September 10, 2026
3 Min Read
Former Rockstar employees who claim they were fired in November 2025 for engaging in trade union activity held a rally outside Glasgow Tribunal Centre this morning to protest what the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) previously described as one of the “most blatant and ruthless act of union busting in the history of the games industry.”
GTA VI developer Rockstar jettisoned over 30 employees last year for allegedly leaking confidential information. The Take-Two Interactive subsidiary, however, has been accused by the ousted cohort of retaliating against them for taking steps to form a union. 34 workers were fired in total, including 31 members of the IWGB union and three people based in Canada who had also been involved in union activity.
The legal battle between the two parties will be decided over the next five weeks at an employment tribunal that has commenced today (September 10) and could run until October 16, 2026.
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Fired Rockstar staffers and their supporters gathered outside tribunal centre in Glasgow,
