GTA 6 Dev Says It Fired Workers For Leaking Secrets, Not For Trying To Unionize

"Rockstar Games has pushed back against the claims that a group of recently laid-off developers were removed for trying to unionize. Instead, these people were leaking company secrets, Rockstar said. A spokesperson for Rockstar told Bloomberg that the staffers were "distributing and discussing confidential information in a public form." This violated Rockstar's policies, the company said. "This was in no way related to people's right to join a union or engage in union activities.""

"Between 30 and 40 people were fired from Rockstar's offices in Canada and the UK related to what the developer labeled "gross misconduct." A spokesperson for the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said the affected staffers were involved in unionizing efforts and said Rockstar is guilty of "one of the most blatant and ruthless acts of union-busting in the history of the games industry.""

Rockstar terminated between 30 and 40 employees from its Canada and UK offices for what the company called gross misconduct tied to leaking confidential information. A Rockstar spokesperson said staff were "distributing and discussing confidential information in a public form," which violated company policies, and insisted the actions were unrelated to union activity. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain said affected staff were involved in unionizing and condemned the dismissals as blatant union-busting. The union said the group used a private Discord trade-union chat that included labor organizers. GTA 6 remains scheduled for May 2026.

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