Unions Seek Meeting Over Reuters - Thomson Deal

An alliance of unions representing workers at Reuters Group and Thomson Corp., is continuing to raise questions about the proposed merger of the two companies.
The group has called for a meeting with Reuters trustees to address critical issues of transparency of the proposed deal, jobs and how to ensure that Reuters' standards of journalism and integrity would be maintained.

The unions are TNG-CWA, representing workers in the U.S. and Canada, the National Union of Journalists, representing workers at both Reuters and Thomson, and Amicus-GPM.

TNG-CWA President Linda Foley and other union leaders have called on the Reuters Founders Share Co., which is charged with preserving the company's principles of independence and freedom from bias, to address workers' concerns.

Thomson proposed to acquire the 156-year-old Reuters global news and financial data service operations for $17.2 billion, giving the new company 34 percent of the market for financial data.