220 letters signed by Rockstar employees have been delivered to administration final week, demanding that the 31 staff fired earlier within the month be reinstated, in keeping with a information launch by the Impartial Staff of Nice Britain (IWGB).
The information comes simply days after the union acknowledged it was bringing charges to the Grand Theft Auto maker, alleging “plain and easy union busting,” on Rockstar’s half, for firing workers who had participated in union discussions in a non-public Discord server.
The corporate’s official line is that employees have been fired for “gross misconduct.”
“It’s heartwarming to see so lots of our colleagues supporting us and holding administration to account—throughout a interval the place Rockstar need us to really feel scared, my courageous former colleagues are marching straight as much as our boss’s door and demanding our voices are heard and never backing down,” mentioned an nameless employee quoted in IWGB’s launch.
“It’s clear to everybody near this example that it is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting. Rockstar employs so many gifted sport builders, all of whom are essential to creating the video games we put out.”
