Overview
- People Make Games, citing an anonymous insider, reports that messages in an invite-only employee-and-union Discord discussed internal emails about a change to Rockstar’s Slack policy.
- The policy reportedly removed miscellaneous Slack channels, and at least one related email was sent after 5 p.m. when many staff could not access work email outside the office.
- The insider says a Discord member alerted management, leading to an investigation before Rockstar dismissed 34 workers for "gross misconduct" over sharing confidential information "in a public forum."
- The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain has filed legal claims alleging unfair dismissal and union-busting, while more than 200 employees signed a letter and protests were held in Edinburgh, London and Paris.
- Rockstar has not released detailed evidence backing its allegations and declined to comment on the new report, and a UK MP has raised the matter in Parliament.