Trade unionists are fighting back after Rockstar Games fired more than 30 people in Edinburgh and Dundee in a brazen act of union-busting, H
Edinburgh-based workers at video games giant Rockstar North yesterday walked out in solidarity with dozens of co-workers fired in what has been called “the most ruthless and blatant example of illegal union busting in the history of the games industry”.
Rockstar Games last week fired more than 30 workers in Edinburgh and Dundee, all of whom were active members of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB)...
The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and Rockstar Games have traded more blows following a preliminar…
The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and Rockstar Games have traded more blows following a preliminary tribunal hearing this week. There, the IWGB asked a judge to grant the fired Grand Theft Auto 6 developers interim relief.
Interim relief is a method of financial support for people awaiting a full hearing. If the motion is granted, the fired GTA 6 workers will go back on Rockstar's payroll, IGN reports - presumably until an overall outcome is reached.
The IWGB said in a statement issued to IGN that, "We hope this week's tribunal will grant urgently needed relief to the workers whose lives were turned upside down by Rockstar's brutal union-busting, leaving them and their families without incomes, without secure futures, and in some cases without even the right to remain in the country they have made their home.
"However, no matter the outcome of this interim hearing, we remain confident in the strength of the case we have brought against Rockstar Games. We reiterate our firm belief that Rockstar broke the law when it summarily dismissed 31 of our members, and we look forward now to the day we face them in court for a full and substantive tribunal hearing."
Rockstar suddenly fired 34 staff in November last year (31 of them in the UK, hence being covered by the IWGB) who happened to be unionising.
When Zach Stone’s lifelong goal to get famous is achieved, ten years later he’s still dealing with the consequences.
TW: hard drug use, explicit sexual content (lemon), depression, attempted suicide, death, brief mentions of alcohol and medication, drug overdose, cheating, fighting, lots of angst.
When Zach Stone’s lifelong goal to get famous is achieved, ten years later he’s still dealing with the consequences.
TW: mentions of cocaine, rehab, alcohol, and death.
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Written by @mickeysjones and myself. Gif by @mickeysjones.
Thank you from both of us for anyone who read this, especially those who were here from the beginning. Neither of us will be able to process this is over for the foreseeable future, but it was so fun (and sad) to write. Thank you for reading and commenting and crying. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
If you’re looking for a song to go with reading this, I’d highly recommend this song.
Have some goodies under the cut.
Zach from the early chapters (post-funeral punch) by @artsy-moonwalker
Zach and Amy commission for the epilogue by @artsy-moonwalker that we’re in love with.
Here is my zach tag that i kept through writing this that has everything with his energy for this fic. I’ll probably continue to add to it.
Here and here are some playlists made by our friends with this fic in mind that hit SO hard.
And finally, here is the playlist made by Nikki and I, starting from the very first conversations about writing this fic back in January. If you’re looking for brevity, listen to the other playlists above. This one is a beast, and we’ll probably continue to add to it, but it holds the entire story for us.
IWGB union says endorsement by GMB means workers still receive below the minimum wage
GMB are talking about how they’ve achieved a historic deal- but it’s at the expense of IWGB organising, and it doesn’t guarentee workers the things that IWGB were organising for.
This is a very cynical attempt, and GMB have arguably massively undermined IWGB here. We also saw this a few times during the pandemic e.g. NASWUT calling NEU’s action during the January lockdown illegal.
I think it’s really important that unions work together at all levels, rather than undermining each other and jostling for position- actions like this can undermine people’s faith in all unions.
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On the outside looking in has always been the way that people describe the feeling of loneliness. Isolation. It is the feeling of being a social outcast. But for Victor it was a comfort.
On the outside looking in he was safe. Secure. No harm could reach him there.
But when his next door neighbor comes knocking, his whole world would be flipped on his head.
This is the story of Victor learning to live life to the fullest with the help of someone new.
