Overview
- Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain says it has submitted a legal claim seeking reinstatement, interim pay and accountability for 31 UK staff and three in Toronto dismissed at the end of October.
- Rockstar maintains the dismissals were for sharing confidential information in a public forum, while union leaders say the chat was a private Discord focused on workplace conditions and workers report no evidence or due process.
- People Make Games reports the union had recently recruited about 10% of Rockstar’s UK workforce, a milestone that enables an application for statutory recognition.
- Protests have been held outside Take-Two’s London headquarters and Rockstar North in Edinburgh, with organizers pledging continued demonstrations alongside tribunal action.
- Take-Two has moved Grand Theft Auto VI to November 2026, and several dismissed developers say they want to return to finish the game.