There’s a shakeup happening at The New York Times, politely dubbed a “restructuring,” and copy editors and reporters are on the chopping block.

According to New York Post:

As part of the NYT’s ongoing restructuring of its editing ranks, 109 copy editors have had their jobs eliminated. There are estimated to be about 50 new jobs available in the restructured editing operation that the Times envisions for its digital- and video-oriented future.

When the downsizing was first revealed in late May, a memo from [NYT Executive Editor Dean] Baquet and Managing Editor Joe Kahn portrayed the cuts as a “streamlining” of the editing process and indicated that some of the savings would be used to hire up to 100 more journalists.

But in a mid-June meeting with department heads, Baquet admitted that journalists could be targeted in a new round of layoffs once the editing ranks are culled.

Metro Editor Wendell Jamieson sent a memo to his staff, telling reporters that the buyout was being extended to them. He warned, “Dean made it clear that, should the Times find itself in a layoff situation, reporters will also be vulnerable.”

NewsGuild President Grant Glickson is upset on behalf of the union:

“This proves what we have suspected all along. The Times ‘restructuring’ of the newsroom is really about the bottom line and not about making the editing process more efficient, as they claim.”

The Post states that the “buyout window closes July 20” and then “there will be a 10-day period in which copy editors who have essentially been job eliminated can then ‘volunteer’ for a buyout.”

Insiders say there’s really no choice in the matter.