Workers dismissed from Rockstar North's Edinburgh facility earlier this month told People Make Games they were terminated without proper procedure immediately after securing sufficient support to unionize the studio. The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain characterized the November dismissals as retaliation against organizing efforts, while management cited information leaks as justification, despite employees claiming no evidence was presented during their abrupt departures.
Thirty-one British workers and three Canadian staff members face gross misconduct designations on their employment records, potentially damaging future career prospects, according to terminated employee Bran. The union submitted legal claims seeking reinstatement with back pay and demanding accountability for dismissals that organizer Fred described as unprecedented in two decades of British labor advocacy. Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick declined to address the terminations directly while defending workplace culture at the publisher, though timing coincides with pending Employment Rights Bill legislation that will strengthen worker protections beginning in 2026.
Thirty-one British workers and three Canadian staff members face gross misconduct designations on their employment records, potentially damaging future career prospects, according to terminated employee Bran. The union submitted legal claims seeking reinstatement with back pay and demanding accountability for dismissals that organizer Fred described as unprecedented in two decades of British labor advocacy. Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick declined to address the terminations directly while defending workplace culture at the publisher, though timing coincides with pending Employment Rights Bill legislation that will strengthen worker protections beginning in 2026.
