NY Daily News Owner To Drivers’ Union: Ratify Contract Or We’ll Go All Digital
New York Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman says he’ll scrap the printed edition of his newspaper if his drivers don’t agree to a contract extension.
The 96-year-old paper has seen circulation declines hit about 30 percent and is losing nearly $30 million a year.
The threatened move to a digital-only format — outlined in Daily News Chief Executive William Holiber’s letter (a copy of which was obtained by The Post) to the drivers’ union — would be aimed at saving Zuckerman millions of dollars in costs.
But the move to all-digital could also mean all of the paper’s 220 drivers would lose their jobs.
The proposed extension, from March 30, 2017, through Jan. 1, 2021, comes with annual wage increases of 2, 1 and 1 percent, sources said.
The extension would also give the News the right to reduce the paper’s 106 routes by more than half, sources said.
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6 responses to NY Daily News Owner To Drivers’ Union: Ratify Contract Or We’ll Go All Digital
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rg9rts November 12th, 2015 at 08:39
No great loss
Buford2k11 November 12th, 2015 at 09:18
ok…Corporations are people…and the People will fire more people in the name of Profits…This Is America the GOP envisions…
Tommie November 12th, 2015 at 10:27
That paper will go digital anyway, technology is just changing to fast and owners will want to save that money, best thing the drivers should is go to school and learn how to keep technology working! IMO!
Ann Salvato November 12th, 2015 at 11:35
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maggie November 12th, 2015 at 16:09
these guys are victims of technology….retrain them to work on the digital paper…
robert November 12th, 2015 at 17:18
only the locals know for sure if the ny daily news is a ‘rag’