Unionized staffers at New York Daily News approved a vote of no confidence against the newspaper’s executive editor, Andrew Julien, on Tuesday as cost-cutting measures continue to gut resources.
The union has been engaged in a bitter dispute with management as the newspaper’s owner Alden Global Capital has directed consistent staffing cuts while circulation and revenue dwindle.
The vote of no confidence — signed by 46 members, or nearly 87% of the union — was sent to Julien on Tuesday and noted that the current situation at the newspaper is “unsustainable.”
“What this vote of no confidence means is that our coworkers are feeling burned and are angry about it,” chair of the Daily News Union Ellen Moynihan said in a statement.