Rockstar Games denies claims that it fired several employees over their union activity, insisting that it sacked the team members for leaking confidential information.

In a statement to Bloomberg , the Grand Theft Auto developer said: "Last week, we took action against a small number of individuals who were found to be distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum, a violation of our company policies. This was in no way related to people's right to join a union or engage in union activities."

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The clarification follows mounting criticism from the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which represents members of the recently formed Game Workers branch at Rockstar. The union accused the studio of "union bustin

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