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Rockstar Games faces full hearing over alleged union busting

Tribunal rejects bid to strike blacklisting claims, with proceedings due to conclude shortly before GTA VI launches

Rockstar Games has suffered a legal setback in a dispute over alleged union busting, clearing the way for a final employment tribunal hearing shortly before Grand Theft Auto VI is due to launch.

The developer had sought to have "blacklisting" allegations struck from the case. The employment tribunal rejected the request, and the final hearing is scheduled to run from September 10 to October 15.

According to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which brought the case, blacklisting is a practice in which information about workers engaged in union activity is compiled to facilitate discrimination.

The Register asked the IWGB for more information, but the union did not respond. Rockstar declined to comment on ongoing legal matters.

The legal dispute stems from the sudden dismissal of 31 IWGB members in October...

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