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

...ht-Ridder Group, which until  2006 was America's second biggest publisher with 32 newspapers and 18,000 employees, is a case in point. Its answer to the rise of the Internet was savage cost cut...

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

...urces, said ACTU President Sharan Burrow. The peak union body today threw its support behind the embattled employees of Fairfax and called for the board of Fairfax to reconsider its short-sighted...

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

...n both Australia and New Zealand, with 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,...

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

...ition to the $4 million they already receive in directors fees*. At the same time, 550 former Fairfax Media employees made redundant by the company will be wondering how to rebuild their lives, how t...

5. 550 jobs go while Fairfax chiefs get paid $11.67 million
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...inet (including the PM). So much for restraint at the upper levels of Fairfax at a time when their employees are wondering what the future holds. Even the company’s chief financial officer...

6. Union to talk job cuts with Fairfax staff
(The Campaign/In The News)

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) will hold talks with Fairfax Media employees today over plans to cut 550 jobs. Read more.

7. Fairfax CEO Kirk reluctant to speak to staff
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ith staff. Now, Kirk (who is represented by the Saxton Speakers Bureau) will again avoid speaking to Fairfax employees. "Next Tuesday, David Kirk, chief executive of Fairfax Media, owner of Th...

8. Kirk insults staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...omers to an industry grappling with enormous challenge and change.  So imagine the insult to Fairfax employees when Kirk spoke to them this afternoon. Asked if he would consider having a journ...

9. Fairfax employees to meet over redundancies
(The Campaign/In The News)

FAIRFAX employees unhappy with the company's redundancy program are expected to meet their union this week. In August, Fairfax announced a “business improvement plan” which included slashing 550 jobs

10. Kirk of 1138 Days
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...ot;. Essentially, that means being visible in the business, literally walking around the office, speaking to employees, learning what's going on at the coal face. It means listening to the "buzz&...

11. Market research firm used by Fairfax on strike
(The Campaign/In The News)

...rove pay rates, health and safety and allow workers to take annual leave like all other research call centre employees can. The strike is the first strike of the Calling for Change campaign. The Uni...

12. Kirk finally talks to staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...months after the editorial staff first called on Fairfax Media chief executive officer David Kirk to address employees on the tumultuous changes at the company, the Fairfax senior management team has ...

13. Ron Walker's message to Fairfax staff
(The Campaign/In The News)

...astheads and media assets, in print, online and on-air, throughout Australia and New Zealand, and all the employees across the business for the superb job that they always do.” Fairfax Media is ...