Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Video games has been accused of union-busting after terminating the contracts of 30-40 workers, all of whom had been purportedly concerned in union actions. Rockstar claims they had been fired for gross misconduct.
In accordance with Bloomberg, the builders – employed in a number of disciplines and places of work throughout Canada and the UK – had been a part of a non-public union chat group on Discord and had been allegedly both already within the union, or planning to organise on the firm.
Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis instructed Bloomberg the builders had been fired for “gross misconduct, and for no different purpose”, including “[Take-Two] totally help[s] Rockstar’s ambitions and strategy”.
“Rockstar has simply carried out probably the most blatant and ruthless acts of union busting within the historical past of the video games trade,” mentioned president of the Impartial Employees’ Union of Nice Britain (IWGB), Alex Marshall.
“This flagrant contempt for the legislation and for the lives of the employees who deliver of their billions is an insult to their followers and the worldwide trade.”
Rockstar has not commented publicly on the firings or accusations of union busting.
Earlier this week, Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick returned to the topic of AI, this time suggesting the controversial expertise may by no means create something like GTA 6 as a result of “no creativity… can exist by definition in any AI mannequin.”
