Staff at Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar begin union recognition vote

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A ballot for union recognition is opening on Thursday.

Staff at video games developer Rockstar, which makes the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise, are beginning a ballot on whether to recognise a union in the workplace.

The IWGB union said around 1,600 Rockstar workers who are based in the UK will have a chance to vote for or against a formal recognition agreement for the Rockstar Game Workers Union.

A ballot is opening on Thursday, November 12 and will run until November 26.

On November 19, GTA VI is due to release to the public in what is expected to be the largest video games launch ever.

Pre-orders of the game are already thought to have been worth hundreds of millions.

The IWGB said a vote in favour of union recognition would create the largest recognised union in the UK games sector.

Union officials said the ballot came after four months of meetings with management and employees.

The bid for union recognition is also taking place during an employment tribunal case concerning a group of Rockstar workers who were dismissed in October last year.

Twenty-three former staff, who are being represented by the IWGB, are taking part in an employment tribunal in Glasgow claiming they were unfairly dismissed for trade union activities.

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