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 said on Tuesday.
The union took legal action on Monday, filing an Unfair Labor Practice charge (ULP) 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, unit chair of Reuters Guild and energy correspondent, in a statement. “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 Dec. 27, 2025.
The ULP is the third such legal action the NewsGuild of NY has taken against Reuters in the last two months. Reuters Guild is a bargaining unit of the NewsGuild of New York.
