Fired Rockstar 34 Push £25 Union Shirts Over GTA 6 Boycott Ahead of Sept. 10 Trial
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Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · Aug 18
Fired Rockstar 34 Push £25 Union Shirts Over GTA 6 Boycott Ahead of Sept. 10 Trial
3 articles · Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · Aug 18
Summary
Thirty-four fired Rockstar workers asked supporters to skip a GTA 6 boycott and instead buy £25 "Rockstar 34 Solidarity" T-shirts to fund their legal case.
The IWGB-backed Fighting Fund comes as a final trial over the November firings is set to begin on Sept. 10, with pre-orders open until Aug. 30 and shipping expected by mid-September.
Rockstar said the workers leaked confidential information in a public forum after discussion of a new Slack policy in a union-run Discord server, while the union has called the dismissals union busting.
The dispute has widened into an organizing push inside the studio, where remaining developers and the IWGB have formed the Rockstar Games Workers Union and are seeking company recognition.