Rockstar had a mole in the union worker discord server
Legal filings in an employment tribunal reveal that Rockstar Games allegedly used a 'mole' within a unionized Discord server to monitor employee activities. The documents suggest management tracked union membership and internal discussions for nearly two years prior to the dismissal of several developers.
Why it matters
The case highlights growing tensions between game industry management and labor organizing efforts, specifically regarding digital surveillance in remote workplaces.
Lawyers for studio and ousted devs lock heads in opening court submissions
This week, both parties filed opening submissions at an employment tribunal in Glasgow , which Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive have emailed to RPS and Game Developer , among others. Taken together, the filings amount to over 100 pages of claims and counterclaims, with thousands of pages of evidence to be discussed in the coming weeks. Amongst other things, the docs give us more sense of events leading up to the dismissals, including the revelation that Rockstar had a mole or "whistleblower" passing them information on the people using the Discord server.
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