{"id":201229,"date":"2025-11-03T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/?p=201229"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:27:19","slug":"rockstar-licencie-des-employes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/rockstar-fires-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar accus\u00e9e d&#039;entraver le mouvement syndical apr\u00e8s le licenciement de dizaines d&#039;employ\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Union says 30\u201340 workers were terminated; Take-Two cites \u201cgross misconduct.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rockstar Games, the studio behind <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em>, is under fire after dozens of employees were dismissed across its UK and Canada offices. A British trade union alleges the move was meant to thwart organizing efforts; the company\u2019s parent, Take-Two Interactive, says the workers were let go for \u201cgross misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Independent Workers\u2019 Union of Great Britain (IWGB) says <strong>between 30 and 40 employees<\/strong> were terminated and notes all were part of a private Discord chat related to union activity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Take-Two<\/strong> maintains the dismissals stemmed solely from misconduct and says it supports Rockstar\u2019s approach.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why it matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clash lands at a sensitive moment for one of the industry\u2019s most closely watched studios. Rockstar tightened security after a major 2022 leak of <em>GTA VI<\/em> footage and faced criticism in early 2024 when it pushed a full return to office, citing security. The new allegations raise questions about how far studios can go to protect intellectual property and workplace control without crossing into anti-union retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The competing narratives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IWGB\u2019s view:<\/strong> The union calls the move a stark example of union suppression, arguing the common thread among those dismissed was their participation in organizing discussions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rockstar\/Take-Two\u2019s view:<\/strong> Company representatives say the terminations had nothing to do with union activity and were triggered by serious policy violations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dispute is likely to move into legal and regulatory arenas in the UK and potentially Canada, where employment protections and union rules differ. Expect filings from worker representatives and continued scrutiny of Rockstar\u2019s security-first posture as it marches toward the planned release of <em>Grand Theft Auto VI<\/em>, which industry analysts expect to be among the best-selling games ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Original reporting:<\/strong> <em>\u2018Grand Theft Auto\u2019 Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings<\/em> by <strong>[Jason Schreier (Bloomberg)]<\/strong>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-31\/-grand-theft-auto-studio-accused-of-union-busting-after-firings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-31\/-grand-theft-auto-studio-accused-of-union-busting-after-firings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-31\/-grand-theft-auto-studio-accused-of-union-busting-after-firings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Have a specific audience or outlet in mind? I can tailor this piece for trade press, consumer gaming readers, or investors.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union says 30\u201340 workers were terminated; Take-Two cites \u201cgross misconduct.\u201d Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto, is under fire after dozens of employees were dismissed across its UK and Canada offices. A British trade union alleges the move was meant to thwart organizing efforts; the company\u2019s parent, Take-Two Interactive, says the workers were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fivem-related"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemx.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}