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There is always that one person who ruins the game for everyone, metaphorically speaking.
Or Rockstar is simply lying to get rid of the union, most things here seem to be alleged only.
> Rockstar is simply lying to get rid of the union

How would Rockstar being shown to have had a mole in the union advance Rockstar's interests?

Since this is from court filings, that would be perjury if they can't back it up.
Would not be the first time a company lied.
That's classic game theory. It'd be better if everyone refuses to defect.
> classic game theory

I'm not sure it is in unionisation fights, particularly in an industry as tightly knit as gaming. You're trading a short-term kiss from management for being hated across the industry. That forecloses all kinds of career opportunities outside the majors.

Humans have the ability to consider things beyond their immediate incentives. Most find it difficult not to.

We don't know what benefits they received from defecting anyhow

"At some point in this period, they go on, Rockstar management got hold of logins for the server, with Rockstar's vice president of information security Abid Ansari eventually signing in to download 'the contents of the Announcements and General channels'. Rockstar began firing members of the Discord at the end of the month."

Is this legal in the UK?

Sounds like Discord also has a case against RockStar because their ToS expressly forbids sharing login credentials.

You wanted your IPO money, Discord? Suing the shit out of RockStar and winning is the way to go here.

Terms of service, and more generally - contractual, violations without 'material loss' tend to have no remedies available unless otherwise agreed to. Fun lesson I learned in a project with a dubious partner.
He was more than a hero he was a Union man.