Rockstar union says first meeting with management was "a step in the right direction"

The Rockstar Games Workers Union said it had its first meeting with Rockstar management after asking for voluntary recognition, GamesRadar+ reported on July 23, 2026. The union shared the news in a post on X, and GamesRadar+ relayed it. The union called the meeting "a step in the right direction".

According to the union's post as quoted by GamesRadar+, Rockstar had asked for negotiations before it would agree to voluntary recognition. The union said it "managed to secure a roadmap for a speedy negotiation process". The next step, it said, was to agree the bargaining unit, meaning the list of workers the union can represent.

The union also said that if talks hit a wall, it would pursue statutory recognition. It described that as a route that legally obliges an employer to recognise a union once it represents a significant share of the workforce. GamesRadar+ said the union did not share membership numbers.

The union's stated aims, as GamesRadar+ listed them, included no crunch, always-paid overtime, pay transparency, flexible working, a commitment to no layoffs and no jobs replaced with AI. Those were the union's goals. Rockstar had not agreed to any of them in what was reported.

Rockstar did not give its own account of the meeting in the report. GamesRadar+ said Rockstar had earlier agreed to meet the union's representatives. It added that Rockstar was accused of union busting in 2025 after more than 30 employees were fired, and that Rockstar said at the time the action was unrelated to union activity.

Rockstar's UK staff were later set to vote on union recognition from November 12 to 26, across GTA 6's launch week.