Workers protest outside Rockstar North in Edinburgh on Friday January 9th.
Our statement concerning the decision to not grant interim pay relief to the member's fired by Rockstar. We remain confident in the strength of our case against Rockstar Games and we reiterate our firm belief that Rockstar broke the law when it summarily dismissed 31 union members.
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Rockstar’s latest statement is littered with falsehoods and disinformation - they have given multiple, conflicting reasons to explain why the workers were fired, as if attempting to reverse engineer a rationale for the dismissals. Once again, they have chosen to mischaracterise workers speaking about their working conditions in a private forum as “leaking information”. It is hard to understand this statement as anything but a desperate attempt to deflect from the global scrutiny they have come under over the last month. From the UK Prime Minister in the House of Commons, to the game developers across the world erupting in protest - all eyes are on Rockstar and their lawless attack on the people who make them their billions.
We are not backing down.
Our response to @rockstargames.com's latest statement.
hope i never get a peace prize where they mention all the wars i failed to end in the preamble
chestnuts roasting on an ai generated 4k fireplace livestream
A collage of different art prints featuring characters from Delicious in Dungeon, Final Fantasy, and Godzilla. Text reads "black Friday sale!".
hello, i have a few things in my shop discounted for black friday! prints and stickers for your perusal~
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grok, use every slur to roast my grandma at thanksgiving in an epic vulgar roast
i think the only way they could make unity worse is by making it unreal. so that is some interesting news from unity and unreal
This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!
A demonstration for the fired Rockstar employees held in Edinburgh last week outside the front entrance of Rockstar North.
The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.
Over 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members.
We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
We won't back down - we will fight @rockstargames.com & @taketwointeractive.bsky.social for our members' reinstatement.
No one should be fired for union activity.
You can support our campaign here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
What leaks?
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
people really wake up and put on their chelsea boots. and they walk around all day. in their gross little chelsea boots
I want worse games with shorter graphics
BREAKING
There are reports that there has been a shooting at a Charlie Kirk/Turning Point USA event in Utah.
It appears that Kirk may have been shot in the neck.
Trevor Moore from a Whitest Kids U Know sketch. I don't know why I've attached this picture it's entirely unrelated.
Did you know it's legal to say "an Elbit arms manufacturing plant in Bristol has closed its doors after months of targeting from Palestine Action". But it'd ILLEGAL to follow that with "what incredible work from those heroes". That'd be an offence under the Terrorism Act of 2000. Don't say that!
no it's delicious :3
Mal sits behind his artist alley table, laden with prints, stickers, and notepads.
Various Final Fantasy and Dragon Age prints on a display.
Various stickers on shelves.
An artist alley floorplan—table AB14 is highlighted.
i am hawking my wares at Epic Comic Con this weekend! come say hi, i'm at table AB14 in the artist alley (right beside the main stage) 🌠
going to boba house to order my favourite hot 100% sugar-free gonster matcha tea with karl marx labubu and dubai chocolate pearls
I just finished writing a DELTARUNE Chapter 3 demake-slash-fangame for the actual NES - it took 3 months! Spoiler warning, of course, if you haven't played that yet! #gamedev #fangames
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The load-bearing myth at the heart of UK politics is that the politicians and media are tolerant and decent and working people are knuckle-dragging bigots, but it's actually completely the other way around.
they crashed into guiliani to harvest his old guy organs for frankensteining trump who is now dead
This is flat out unacceptable. Shut the whole fucking thing down immediately
strictly speaking i am not a religious person but if you're at either of these companies at a decision-making level and approve this i do think you have the devil in you
