{"id":357814,"date":"2026-01-15T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=406891"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:15:21","slug":"rockstar-games-is-going-to-trial-for-the-dismissal-of-30-employees-who-wanted-to-unionize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/rockstar-games-is-going-to-trial-for-the-dismissal-of-30-employees-who-wanted-to-unionize\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar Games is going to trial for the dismissal of 30 employees who wanted to unionize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first hearing in the case between Rockstar Games and more than 30 dismissed employees recently took place, generating anticipation both in the legal field and among followers of the video game industry. <strong>The former workers, represented by the IWGB union, requested to maintain their salary while awaiting a full hearing on the matter<\/strong>. However, Judge Frances Eccles denied this request, arguing that there was not enough likelihood of success in their argument regarding unionization.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unionism is very poorly viewed at Rockstar<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conflict began when employees were fired, allegedly for trying to organize to join a union through a Discord server. Rockstar defended its decision, claiming that workers had shared classified information in that space. <strong>The situation has sparked protests at the company&#8217;s offices not only in the United Kingdom but also in France and the United States, attracting the attention of public figures, such as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QdBZY2fkU-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the hearing, the judge also acknowledged that some of the dismissed had little activity in the Discord group and that three of them were not part of the union. <strong>In addition, he highlighted that the group contained members who were no longer employees of Rockstar, as well as a video game journalist<\/strong>. Despite this, the judge could not conclude that the main reason for the dismissals was their membership in the IWGB.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rockstar, after the initial ruling, reaffirmed its position and its intention to stand firm on the arguments presented. <strong>For its part, the union president expressed confidence that a more thorough trial will reveal that the company&#8217;s attempts to deter unionization are unfair and illegal<\/strong>. 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The former workers, represented by the IWGB union, requested to maintain their salary while awaiting a full hearing on the matter. However, Judge Frances Eccles rejected this request, arguing that there was not enough likelihood of success in their argument regarding unionization. Unionization is viewed very negatively at Rockstar. The conflict began when the employees were dismissed, supposedly for trying to organize themselves to affiliate [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":357832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[20754,20755,2171,5027,5001,2201,5476,18338,5510,18250],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-357814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-derecho-laboral","tag-extrabajadores","tag-gta","tag-gta6","tag-juicio","tag-rockstar","tag-rockstar-games","tag-sindicalismo","tag-sindicato","tag-sindicato-iwgb","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357814"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357834,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357814\/revisions\/357834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357814"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=357814"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=357814"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=357814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}