1. Sign our Petition
(The Campaign/Actions)

I support the working journalists at Fairfax publications and websites, who are threatened by the big business agenda of its corporate managers. It is fundamentally unfair that Fairfax reporters,

2. About Us
(The Campaign/About Us)

...eliver information to the public free from interference by big business. Fair Go Fairfax is the official campaign site for working journalists and editorial staff at print publications and websites...

3. Campaign Contacts
(The Campaign/About Us)

Campaign Claire O'Rourke Industrial Organiser, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance Em: claire.orourke@alliance.org.au Ph: 02 9333 0935 Mb: 0412 984 925 Media Inquiries Mike Do

4. Richard Glover's Pledge
(The Campaign/Actions)

We, the undersigned, believe the sacking of Mike Carlton is an unjustified and provocative act by Fairfax management. It has long been accepted practice that when staff journalists are on strike, c

5. Executive Salaries: A study
(The Campaign/Editorial)

The cost of maintaining the real wages of the top quarter of their journalists, who are currently not being offered any pay rise, is currently less than half what Fairfax CEO David Kirk pays himself (

6. Fair Go, Fairfax: Don't discount journalism
(The Campaign/Editorial)

... part of the Fairfax stable, The Age had its own proud history. Under the ownership of David Syme, it was a campaigner for self-government, a fairer distribution of land and encouragement of local ind...

7. Mike Carlton sacked for refusing to file column
(The Campaign/In The News)

RADIO broadcaster and Sydney Morning Herald columnist Mike Carlton has been sacked for refusing to write his weekly column during a strike. Read more.

8. Fairfax cuts spell decline of excellence
(The Campaign/Editorial)

"Influential journalism requires an investment." These words, published in this paper yesterday by former editor and long-time media watcher Mark Day, have never rung more true than in the p

9. Richard Glover: I won't cross electronic picket line
(The Campaign/In The News)

Stalwart Alliance member and SMH columnist, Richard Glover, yesterday invited Herald editor, Alan Oakley on to his drivetime radio show on Sydney’s 2BL 702. Oakley was silly enough to agree. He got

10. Media Alliance alert: Company threat to staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

... people’s homes threatening to lock out. This is an attempt by the company to intimidate you and weaken our campaign. Remember the sort of lock out threatened is unlawful action and we have set ...

11. ACTU: Fairfax job cuts go too far
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

 This week’s announcement of plans to cut 550 jobs at Fairfax Media is another worrying case of a short-sighted push for profits by bonus-driven executives at the expense of people’s livelihoods

12. Holding Fire On Picket Lines At Printers
(The Campaign/Actions)

...ent and the corporate sector in the interests of democracy”. Tell your friends, and colleagues about the campaign – remember it’s easy for them to join your union at www.alliance.org.au or by phoni...

13. The Thin Black Line
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

Saturday 30th August is the ninth anniversary of the independence ballot in East Timor. Fairfax journalists were at the forefront of covering the events of those turbulent, dangerous and unforgettable

14. Our Facebook group hits 1000 members
(The Campaign/Actions)

...ers in just over 48 hours. But we can't stop there. We need to spread the word  far and wide about our campaign and there's still plenty to do. We encourage all visitors to the site to write to J...

15. Australian staffers express their support
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

The Alliance chapter at The Australian offices in Sydney deeply regrets the management action at Fairfax Media that has left so many journalists in distress. Media Alliance members at The Australian

16. Sydney Rally AM Friday
(The Campaign/Editorial)

Footage from the Sydney rally is now available. Media Alliance federal secretary, Christopher Warren, federal president, Patricia Amphlett and Media section president, Ruth Pollard address journalists

17. Enterprise Agreement Breakthrough
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...he King Street entrance for the 9am starters. Meanwhile the “Fair Go, Fairfax – Don’t discount journalism” campaign continues. ...

18. Richard Glover takes the pledge!
(The Campaign/Actions)

The Workplace Ombudsman is investigating potential unlawful action by the company in its sacking of popular columnist Mike Carlton after he refused to file his Saturday column for The Sydney Mornin

19. Welcome back to work!
(The Campaign/Editorial)

... good faith over their redundancy proposals, to which we remain vehemently opposed. We will continue our campaign for quality journalism both within the company and where necessary, in the public a...

20. Just the facts
(The Campaign/Editorial)

Fairfax has launched its own web site to respond to Fair Go Fairfax. Go and read their announcements at http://fairfaxjustthefacts.com.au/justthefacts/ We’ve suggested they link here from their

21. Richard Glover interviews Alan Oakley
(The Campaign/In The News)

Sources have told the ABC that Mr Carlton refused to write his regular column for the paper's Saturday edition, because of the current strike by journalists and editorial staff. He was told that he

22. We're right behind you say Murdoch journos
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

The Alliance house committee at the Herald and Weekly Times endorses and supports the actions of journalists at Fairfax who are fighting to retain adequate staffing and conditions at their mastheads.

23. NZ EPMU: Letter of Support
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

I'm lead delegate at the Taranaki Daily News in Fairfax's New Zealand stable. I learned of the job cuts on the midday news and had them confirmed by reading an AAP story on Fairfax's own NZ Stuff webs

24. Our Facebook group hits 2000 members
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...n a staggering response. Your support for quality journalism at Fairfax Media has been tremendous. But this campaign is far from over.  We need to spread the word  far and wide about the ca...

25. Fairfax Members Vote To Strike
(The Campaign/Actions)

... the latter country bearing the brunts of the cuts, with 160 full-time employees losing their jobs. A new campaign, Fair Go, Fairfax: Don't discount journalism, was launched by the Media Alliance&nb...

26. Staff continue the battle
(The Campaign/Editorial)

... today. Call Claire O’Rourke on 0412 984 925 or email claire.orourke@alliance.org.au to get involved in the campaign to fight for the future of our company. Anyone who works at Fairfax is eligible to ...

27. Fairfax flack Bruce Wolpe turns up in Denver
(The Campaign/In The News)

As Fairfax Media faced its biggest crisis since the disastrous takeover of the company by Warwick Fairfax two decades ago, its corporate affairs chief Bruce Wolpe was thousands of kilometres away in D

28. ABC PM: Fairfax standing ground over journalist strike
(The Campaign/In The News)

Journalists at the Fairfax Group face an uncertain future after the company maintained it would use strike-breakers to publish its newspapers, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Fin

29. Fairfax directors’ $22 million dividend
(The Campaign/Editorial)

Next month, the directors of Fairfax Media will be receiving final dividend cheques worth more than $22 million thanks to their shareholdings in the company. Those cheques are in addition to the $4

30. Media Report: The axe falls at Fairfax
(The Campaign/In The News)

Five hundred and fifty staff at Fairfax are to go in a major restructure. Management said they were largely immune from the global newspaper downturn, but has the reality of falling circulation and ad