{"id":2099219,"date":"2026-08-18T13:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099219"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:27:24","slug":"dont-boycott-grand-theft-auto-6-say-workers-fired-by-rockstar-buy-a-t-shirt-to-help-fund-the-legal-battle-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099219","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t boycott Grand Theft Auto 6, say workers fired by Rockstar &#8211; buy a T-shirt to help fund the legal battle instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grand-theft-auto-vi\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Grand Theft Auto VI<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Don&#8217;t boycott Grand Theft Auto 6, say workers fired by Rockstar &#8211; buy a T-shirt to help fund the legal battle instead<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Respect up?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/grand-theft-auto-6-drinking.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Screenshot from Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer 2, with two characters drinking.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"grand-theft-auto-6-drinking.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Rockstar Games.<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-18T13:27:24+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 18, 2026, 1:27 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rockstar-workers-dont-boycott-grand-theft-auto-6-support-union-costs?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          23 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"7685df9e-22e2-4b0e-a893-03c1781df5f1\" data-name=\"Grand Theft Auto VI\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Grand Theft Auto VI\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Grand Theft Auto VI\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Grand Theft Auto VI\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Grand Theft Auto VI\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Grand Theft Auto VI\" title=\"Follow Grand Theft Auto VI\"><br \/>\n  Follow Grand Theft Auto VI<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The workers fired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/rockstar-games\">Rockstar Games<\/a> in an alleged &#8216;union-busting&#8217; move last autumn have asked people concerned not to boycott the upcoming release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the workers have asked for supporters to financially support the ongoing legal battle between Rockstar Games and their union. They made this clear in <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/chrisbratt.bsky.social\/post\/3mtdv6qhloc24\">a new video and social media post from the IWGB<\/a> union (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain).<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) - Official Trailer 2\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sQEGy86F2gE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sQEGy86F2gE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) &#8211; Official Trailer 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sQEGy86F2gE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t boycott GTA 6. Fight for justice for the people who made it,&#8221; read the post. The union revealed they have created a new T-shirt, which people can pre-order now, and proceeds from their sale will go towards paying the legal costs of the laid-off Rockstar developers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We spent years pouring our hard work, skill, and creativity making GTA, and we want people to experience the universe we helped build,&#8221; the developers featured in the IWGB&#8217;s video said. &#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t mean we want you to let Rockstar off the hook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This all began when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-rockstar-games-staff-were-fired-for-sharing-internal-company-messages-on-an-employee-and-union-only-discord-server-new-report-suggests\">31 members of Rockstar Games were fired last year for &#8220;gross misconduct&#8221;<\/a>. All impacted staff were members of the union at the company, resulting in an employment tribunal between Rockstar and the IWGB. In the time since, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rockstar-developer-union-more-members-layoffs\">the union has grown in popularity<\/a>, while Rockstar itself denies all allegations of union busting.<\/p>\n<p>Take-Two Boss Strauss Zelnick has said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/take-two-strauss-zelnick-not-concerned-rockstar-union-busting-gta-6\">he isn&#8217;t concerned about the legal battle&#8217;s impact<\/a> on Grand Theft Auto 6 sales &#8211; a game that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-preorders-gta6-no-disc\">was made available to pre-order late last month<\/a>, and immediately became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-top-pre-orders-playstation-store-worldwide\">top seller on the PlayStation store around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The workers fired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/rockstar-games\">Rockstar Games<\/a> in an alleged &#8216;union-busting&#8217; move last autumn have asked people concerned not to boycott the upcoming release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-everything-we-know-so-far-9357\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the workers have asked for supporters to financially support the ongoing legal battle between Rockstar Games and their union. They made this clear in <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/chrisbratt.bsky.social\/post\/3mtdv6qhloc24\">a new video and social media post from the IWGB<\/a> union (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain).<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) - Official Trailer 2\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sQEGy86F2gE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sQEGy86F2gE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) &#8211; Official Trailer 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sQEGy86F2gE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t boycott GTA 6. Fight for justice for the people who made it,&#8221; read the post. The union revealed they have created a new T-shirt, which people can pre-order now, and proceeds from their sale will go towards paying the legal costs of the laid-off Rockstar developers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We spent years pouring our hard work, skill, and creativity making GTA, and we want people to experience the universe we helped build,&#8221; the developers featured in the IWGB&#8217;s video said. &#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t mean we want you to let Rockstar off the hook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This all began when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-rockstar-games-staff-were-fired-for-sharing-internal-company-messages-on-an-employee-and-union-only-discord-server-new-report-suggests\">31 members of Rockstar Games were fired last year for &#8220;gross misconduct&#8221;<\/a>. All impacted staff were members of the union at the company, resulting in an employment tribunal between Rockstar and the IWGB. In the time since, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rockstar-developer-union-more-members-layoffs\">the union has grown in popularity<\/a>, while Rockstar itself denies all allegations of union busting.<\/p>\n<p>Take-Two Boss Strauss Zelnick has said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/take-two-strauss-zelnick-not-concerned-rockstar-union-busting-gta-6\">he isn&#8217;t concerned about the legal battle&#8217;s impact<\/a> on Grand Theft Auto 6 sales &#8211; a game that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-preorders-gta6-no-disc\">was made available to pre-order late last month<\/a>, and immediately became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta-6-top-pre-orders-playstation-store-worldwide\">top seller on the PlayStation store around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Grand Theft Auto VI Don&#8217;t boycott Grand Theft Auto 6, say workers fired by Rockstar &#8211; buy a T-shirt to help fund the legal battle instead Respect up? 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