Sacked Grand Theft Auto workers protest as company bosses quizzed at tribunal
Former Rockstar Games employees are protesting outside an employment tribunal, alleging they were unfairly dismissed for trade union activities. The company maintains the workers were fired for breaching confidentiality policies in a private online forum.
Why it matters
The case highlights ongoing tensions regarding labor rights, unionization, and corporate surveillance within the high-profile video game industry.
Image caption, Union members and sacked workers protested outside the tribunal building in Glasgow
A group of workers sacked by gaming giant Rockstar have held a protest outside an employment tribunal as company bosses are quizzed for a second day.
The case centres on the dismissal almost a year ago of 34 workers, most of them based in Edinburgh, who claim they were unfairly sacked for trade union activity.
Rockstar, which is due to launch Grand Theft Auto 6 next month, maintains they were dismissed for "sharing confidential company information" in an insecure private online forum.
Workers outside the tribunal building in Glasgow held signs calling for fired workers to be reinstated.
The claim for unfair dismissal is being brought by 23 former staff, represented by the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB).
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