Fired Rockstar Employees in UK Lose Bid to Receive Interim Pay
The 31 staffers argued they were dismissed for unionizing. Rockstar said they were fired for leaking information in an online chat group.
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Photographer: Chris Delams/Getty ImagesA UK employment tribunal denied a request for interim pay from former Rockstar Games staffers who are challenging their dismissal from the video-game developer late last year.
The fired employees, working with the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain, had been looking to get back on Rockstar’s payroll as the legal process continues to play out. The employees said in public statements and in court hearings last week that they had been terminated for unionizing. Rockstar, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., countered that the employees were leaking information in a Discord channel that was accessible to hundreds of people including non-Rockstar staff.