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Rockstar Games workers to vote on unionization right as Grand Theft Auto VI launches

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Rockstar Games workers to vote on unionization right as Grand Theft Auto VI launches

Rockstar employees will have two weeks to decide if they want to recognize the IWGB Rockstar Game Workers Union.

The Independent Worker's Union of Great Britain has announced that Rockstar Games employees will formally vote on union recognition next month, bringing a years-long union drive to a head and offering employees an opportunity to have a voice on topics like worker pay, overtime, layoffs, flexible working arrangements, and generative AI policies.

Workers will begin voting on November 12, 2026 and will have until November 26 to say "yay" or "nay" to the union. They'll be doing so shortly after Rockstar head of publishing Jennifer Koble commented on the union drive, saying "we go where the team goes. If they want a union, they will have a union."

The vote is taking place independently of an ongoing tribunal over Rockstar's 2025 decision to fire over 30 union employees for "gross misconduct," which the former employees and IWGB have characterized as union busting. Closing arguments for said tribunal will take place on November 17 and 18.

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Both of these events land right around the release of Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest entry in the Grand Theft Auto series from Rockstar Games and Take-Two, which releases on November 19. Take-Two says it expects to earn $8 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2027, thanks in part to projected sales of the popular game.

Rockstar Game Workers Union Committee Member acknowledged the timing in a statement accompanying the news, saying that the company's workers have a chance to "make gaming history not once, but twice.


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