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IWGB launches historic recognition ballot at GTA VI developer Rockstar
A UNION launched a ballot today of more than 1,600 workers across Rockstar’s UK sites in a bid to secure an historic recognition deal. The IWGB’s fortnight-long vote will take place as the company pre
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The IWGB’s fortnight-long vote will take place as the company prepares for what is expected to be the biggest video game launch of all time — Grand Theft Auto VI — on Thursday (November 19).
It comes after four months of negotiations between the firm and IWGB amid an ongoing employment tribunal in Glasgow over allegations of union-busting and unfair dismissal of 31 staff at its Edinburgh offices.
The IWGB will become the biggest player in a sector notorious for its lack of trade union representation should workers back recognition.
Animation programmer and Rockstar Games Workers Union rep Nestor Uriarte Fernandez said: “I am incredibly proud of the work we’ve put into making this game. I’m also proud of the union we’ve built here.
“For me, those two things are connected.
“We care deeply about the games we make, and we want to make sure we can continue doing that work in an environment where we’re respected, have a meaningful say over our conditions and can feel secure about our futures.”
Urging workers to vote for recognition, IWGB union president Alex Marshall said: “This is Rockstar workers’ chance to take the future of their industry into their own hands.
“What happens at Rockstar matters beyond the studio.
“Workers across the games industry are watching, and this ballot is an opportunity to show what can be achieved when people come together, organise and build the collective power to shape their own working lives.”
The ballot will close on November 26.