GamingBolt reports that an employment tribunal hearing claims of union-busting against Rockstar Games has added two extra days, November 17 and 18, after Rockstar's lawyers asked for more time to cross-examine former employees. The article says this puts the end of the hearing about a day before GTA VI's release on November 19.
The claimants are former Rockstar employees dismissed last year. The IWGB union backs them, and the report says the group is roughly 30 or more people. They say they were fired because of union activity. Rockstar says the dismissals were for gross misconduct tied to sharing confidential company information, and that they were not aimed at union membership. Rockstar denies the claims and says it will defend them vigorously.
What we know and what we do not: this is a scheduling update. No ruling or finding on the claims has been reported, so the outcome is undecided. The article is also inconsistent about the exact end date, and it does not mention closing arguments, so we only report the two added hearing days.
For players, nothing here changes the release date. We include it because it is part of the news around the game, and we will not guess how it ends.
