Overview
- A preliminary employment tribunal session in Glasgow on January 5 considered the IWGB request, with a ruling on interim relief still pending.
- The union alleges unlawful union-busting over the October 2025 dismissals and says 31 members were summarily fired in the UK.
- Rockstar says it acted over breaches of confidentiality, citing discussion of highly sensitive information in an invite-only Discord accessible to non-employees, and it denies keeping a union blacklist.
- ACAS guidance says interim relief is granted only when claimants have a “pretty good chance” of success at a full hearing, making such orders uncommon.
- The dispute has drawn an internal letter signed by more than 200 Rockstar North staff, protests in London and Edinburgh, and scrutiny from Prime Minister Keir Starmer.