Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial
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The trial date for Rockstar's firings dispute is now set for September.
  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    2 days ago

    Interesting framing there. A setback for one party rather than a victory to the other. I know, I know. Negative headlines sell better but man the news landscape looks grim enough as is.

    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world
      English
      7·
      1 day ago

      I think it’s done this way because framing it as a “setback” gives the impression Rockstar is in the right and will overcome their setback to succeed in the end.

      They don’t want you to think the workers were right

  • Olap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 days ago

    Where they will barely get a rounding error for a fine. I wonder how much they have offered them to settle already?

    • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      2 days ago

      The more important goal, at least for the affected workers, is it can lead to an employment tribunal and compensation (with no upper limit) for their lost income.

      It’s easy to be cynical about the bigger picture, but don’t lose sight of the fact this can still be a big win for these workers.

      • Venator@lemmy.nzEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        it will also inform future decisions at companies like rockstar whether union busting is worth the negative publicity…

    • dudeface@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Will have to see where it goes

      They seemed to have pretty good evidence of people breaking contracts first time around

      Even the people making YouTube videos about it kind of disappeared as soon as the evidence came out