Overview
- Rockstar says 30–40 employees in the UK and Canada were terminated for distributing confidential information in a public forum and not for union activity.
- Britain’s IWGB contends the workers were targeted organizers who chatted in a private union Discord where the only non‑employees were labor organizers.
- IWGB-led demonstrations took place on November 6 outside Rockstar North in Edinburgh and Take‑Two’s London headquarters, with calls to reinstate the fired staff.
- Anonymous workers describe abrupt dismissals with little evidence, allege some were denied union representation in meetings, and report plummeting morale inside studios.
- No specifics of the alleged leaks have been disclosed; Take‑Two backs the firings as “gross misconduct” as Rockstar maintains a tightened security posture after the costly 2022 GTA 6 breach.