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The NewsGuild Of New York Says Top Editors At Reuters ‘Have Repeatedly Stolen Work From Unionized Staff’ - Union ‘Takes Legal Action For The Third Time In Two Months Against The News Organization’

Published Sunday, July 26, 2026
by NewsGuild of New York News
The NewsGuild Of New York Says Top Editors At Reuters ‘Have Repeatedly Stolen Work From Unionized Staff’ - Union ‘Takes Legal Action For The Third Time In Two Months Against The News Organization’

(NEW YORK CITY) – Top-level Editors at Reuters - including Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni - have repeatedly big-footed Unionized Journalists by cherry-picking stories, taking bylines and doing reporting and writing instead of managing their Staff, all in violation of Labor Law, the NewsGuild of New York says.

The NewsGuild of New York has taken legal action against Reuters, filing an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charge that accuses management of illegally taking away work from Union Members and failing to bargain with Reuters Guild first

Along with keeping plum assignments for themselves, Reuters managers have also persistently taken primary bylines over Bargaining Unit Members on stories.

The Guild has documented more than 250 separate contractual byline violations since 2025.

In addition, the company has misclassified several managers who spend a majority of their shifts doing Union work, according to the Guild. 

“We want our bosses to know that we take our work very seriously,” said Scott DiSavino, who serves as Unit Chair of the Reuters Guild and works as an Energy Correspondent. “And protecting that work is fundamental to our rights as Union Members.” 

Reuters Guild, which represents over 300 Media Workers at the award-winning News Organization, has been bargaining a new contract for nearly a year.

Their current contract expired on December 27th, 2025. 

The ULP is the third such legal action the NewsGuild of NY has taken against Reuters in the last two months.

The Reuters Guild is a Bargaining Unit of the NewsGuild of New York. 

NYGuild President Susan DeCarava said: “It’s a new low for Reuters’ bosses. Instead of working with our Members as a team to produce the journalism Reuters readers count on, management is putting themselves and their egos first. Their disrespect for their own staff is emblematic of the fear they have of our Members’ power and solidarity.” 

To Read This Labor News Story In Its Entirety, Go To: Top editors at Reuters have repeatedly stolen work from unionized staff, NewsGuild of New York says

Photo Courtesy Of The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council.

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