Rockstar 'union busting' tribunal extended to November 18th, meaning it will close just days before GTA 6's release date

An employment tribunal between the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and Rockstar Games was due to conclude on Friday, but has been extended into November. The legal case is now set to close on November 17th and 18th, just days before the release of GTA 6. Chris Bratt broke the news on Bluesky, stating that both the IWGB and Rockstar lawyers will continue crossexamining current and former staff during this time.

The union concluded questioning Rockstar leadership this week, and the judge granted additional time for Rockstar's legal team to question the fired employees. The tribunal centers around a dispute over the cause of the firings. Rockstar claims the staff committed gross misconduct, while the laid-off employees argue the company was trying to prevent union formation.

The workers were all members of a Discord server aimed at unionization efforts, but Rockstar claims the server was unsecure and staff shared confidential information. The IWGB disputes this, revealing that a junior employee fed information from the Discord server to Rockstar's HR director Charlie Kinloch for over two and a half years.

This included the news that union membership had passed the statutory threshold for legal recognition just two weeks before the workers were fired. Since their layoff, the workers have organized the necessary 10% of members to form a union.