Thomson Reuters Settles With Union, Avoids Federal Labor Charges

Tentative agreement includes $7 million payment

To avoid facing formal federal labor charges, Thomson Reuters has agreed to pay $7.6 million in lost pay to employees, according to the New York Newspaper Guild. The National Labor Relations Board had been considering charging the news organization with illegally cutting employee pay and imposing rules that illegally barred the union from bargaining over wages.

The tentative agreement, which was reached Friday and is subject to guild members’ approval, also addressed a dispute over an employee who was disciplined for criticizing Thomson Reuters via Twitter.

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