Several journalists associated with the Thomson Reuters Corporation in the United States went on strike on Thursday, Bloomberg reported. They claimed that the company didn't negotiate pay increases fairly.
The journalists walked off their jobs during the 24 hour strike, which began at 6 am New York time. Roughly 90 percent of the 300 employees participated in the strike. Reuters had proposed a three-year contract which guaranteed an annual pay increase of one percent, according to the Reuters Guild which represents the company’s employees. “Their insulting proposal to reduce our wage increases to 1% - an effective pay cut, put forward amid soaring inflation - has brought us to a point where we must do whatever it takes to secure a reasonable new contract,” the guild said on their official Twitter handle.
