IWGB Issues Legal Claims Against Rockstar Over Unfair Dismissal of Staff

• The IWGB has issued claims against Rockstar Games for unfairly dismissing staff for union activity and blacklisting its members.
• This legal claim comes shortly after the announcement of the delay of Grand Theft Auto VI, which is expected to break records in sales upon its scheduled release in November 2026.
• The union believes that these dismissals amount to victimisation and collective dismissal linked to trade union activity.
• So far Rockstar has declined to meet with the IWGB, leading the union and barristers to issue formal legal claims on behalf of the Claimants.

The IWGB’s legal team says, “We are representing employees who were dismissed by Rockstar Games in circumstances that we believe amount to victimisation and collective dismissal linked to trade union activity.

Despite our representation and attempts to meet with Rockstar to resolve the matter through negotiation, Rockstar have declined and persisted to terminate members of the union in a manner that is unacceptable and unlawful. Accordingly, we have now issued formal legal claims against Rockstar on behalf of the Claimants.

Our members allege that Rockstar’s conduct constitutes trade union victimisation and blacklisting.”

Alex Marshall, IWGB President says, “We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting, and we will mount a full legal defence with our expert group of caseworkers, legal officers and barristers. Employers like Rockstar would do well to understand that private spaces such as trade union Discord servers have protections, and that their company’s contractual clauses do not supersede UK law.

This case stands as a warning to any employer in the games industry and beyond who thinks they are able to act with impunity against organised workers - we will not be intimidated.”

For more information, please contact: press@iwgb.co.uk