The company behind the Grand Theft Auto games fired more than 30 employees last week in what a union leader called an egregious example of union-busting, with some effects being felt in Canada.

Bloomberg reported last week that Rockstar Games, owned by Take-Two Interactive Software, terminated 34 employees in the U.K. and Canada.

A representative from the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) told CBC they believe three workers in Toronto were part of the firings. It wasn’t immediately clear if they were part of Rockstar’s Toronto st udio — actually located in Oakville, Ont. — or one of their other studios based in the U.K. or the U.S.

News of the firings ca me shortly before an earnings call with Take-Two, where it was announced Rockstar's upcoming and highly anticipa

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