Labor organizers accuse Rockstar Games of 'ruthless act of union busting' after layoffs

The maker of the Grand Theft Auto game series, Rockstar Games, has fired more than 30 coders and graphic designers in an act described by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) as "the most blatant and ruthless act of union busting in the history of the games industry."

According to IWGB, the laid off staffers were part of a private trade union Discord channel, and members of the IWGB. The Register understands members and their representatives used the channel to discuss how they could improve their workplace.

The Register has been told that after management became aware of the channel, all staff members with accounts in that Discord server were summarily fired.

An anonymous source told us that there might have been just enough Union members for recognition. UK legislation requires that a union applying for statutory recognition has "at least 10 percent union membership within the proposed ...