rockstar is going to tribunal over 31 fired gta 6 workers two months before launch

the final employment tribunal hearing over 31 uk rockstar workers starts september 10 in glasgow and is scheduled into mid october, basically right in the middle of gta 6 launch marketing. the union says the workers were targeted for union activity and blacklisted, and says they were fired without a normal disciplinary process or appeal. rockstar says the dismissals were for gross misconduct after confidential company information was shared, not for union membership, and says it will defend the case. none of that has been decided yet. this is the hearing where both stories get tested, not a verdict. kind of wild that one of the biggest game launches ever is arriving with a courtroom side quest running five weeks in the background.