* Rockstar Games announced on 28th February 2024, that workers will have to be
in the office 5 days a week from 15th April 2024 as remote working provisions
are withdrawn for the majority of staff.
* The news comes one year after 170 Rockstar Games workers in the UK signed a
petition opposing mandatory 3-day office work, in one of the UK games
industry’s biggest ever trade union actions.
* Workers belonging to the IWGB Game Workers Union accuse Rockstar of “broken
promises”, an
That would require that office workers unionize. Which, while hopefully being more common nowadays, is still seen as antithetical to most office workers.
Don’t most union workers currently work in jobs that don’t make sense to be remote like manufacturing? I wish there was a tech workers union that could push for this. I’m no union expert though
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All unions should be taking up the issue of the right to remote work.
All tech workers should join a union first … but yes, agreed.
That would require that office workers unionize. Which, while hopefully being more common nowadays, is still seen as antithetical to most office workers.
Don’t most union workers currently work in jobs that don’t make sense to be remote like manufacturing? I wish there was a tech workers union that could push for this. I’m no union expert though