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Late last month, 31 staff at the Edinburgh branch of games company Rockstar were terminated.<\/p>\n
The firm says they were terminated for \u2018distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum\u2019, and that the firings were not related to trade union organising.<\/p>\n
A union representing the workers involved say it was due to their organising efforts.<\/p>\n
Green councillor Dan Heap has put forward a motion to next week\u2019s fair work committee meeting asking the council to support staff.<\/p>\n
He wants to see council staff provide the workers with information on their welfare rights, and apply for relevant financial support that could be available to them.<\/p>\n
Additionally, his motion asks the council leader to write to the firm expressing concerns about the staff being removed for their roles, and calling on them to be reinstated.<\/p>\n
The Independent Workers\u2019 Union of Great Britain, the union representing some staff at the Edinburgh site, launched legal action over the dismissal earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Staff who were removed have said they believe their firings were related to a server on messaging platform Discord, where they say trade union organising took place.<\/p>\n
They say the server was invite-only, and was an environment that should be protected under trade union law.<\/p>\n
According to reporting published on Monday by trade publication People Make Games, discussion of company policy on the server may have influenced the firm\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n
The firm, including staff at the Edinburgh office, are currently working on the next instalment in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, which is set for release next November.<\/p>\n
Take Two Interactive, the owner of Rockstar, was contacted for comment.<\/p>\n
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