Rockstar has been embroiled in controversy since the firing of over 30 employees at the end of October, in an act The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) describes as "collective dismissal linked to trade union activity."
This is a more formal way of saying union busting, which is what Rockstar is being accused of. The laid off employees claim they were fired for attempting to unionise, while Rockstar maintains the dismissals were because of gross misconduct.
At today's Prime Minister's Questions, Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP Chris Murray raised the topic in the House of Commons, expressing concern about the alleged union-busting. After meeting with Rockstar himself, Murray left the meeting unconvinced about the legitimacy of the lay-offs.
"The meeting only entrenched my concerns about the process Rockstar used to dismiss many of their staff members. I was not assured their process paid robust attention to UK employment law, I was not convinced that this course of action was necessary, and alarmingly, I did not leave informed on exactly what these 31 people had done to warrant their immediate dismissal," Murray said.
He posed a question to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, "The video games company Rockstar...
