Reuters U.S. Journalists to Protest Offshore Outsourcing of Jobs to Mark Beginning of Legal Challenge, Guild Says

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U.S. employees of Reuters Group Plc (LSE: RTR - News; Nasdaq: RTRSY - News) will protest the offshore outsourcing of editorial jobs on Thursday as their union begins its legal challenge to the company's attempt to cover Wall Street from Bangalore, India, the Newspaper Guild of New York said. The Guild's charge that offshoring U.S.-based editorial jobs violates its contract with Reuters will be heard before an independent arbitrator, whose decision is binding. The case could take months to complete. As the lawyers square off, journalists and other employees will picket Reuters U.S. headquarters in Times Square and other U.S. bureaus at lunchtime to call attention to the dispute. more...