1. 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

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

...g-term damage to the company’s reputation as a bastion of quality journalism. The extent of the proposed sackings also poses a serious threat to the Australian public’s access to news and the divers...

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

...eophyte at the hard interview, allowed himself to be drawn into a circular argument over the mean-spirited sacking of Mike Carlton for refusing to cross “the electronic picket line”.Under pressure Oak...

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

...liance members at The Australian deplore the growing willingness among corporate leaders to focus on staff sackings whenever they choose to carry out company restructures or cost-saving programs. Alli...

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

...nalism. First, 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 Th...

6. Crikey: Secret Fairfax share scheme key to slash and burn
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...ight on the recent frenzy of cost cutting at the company. While Fairfax executives have claimed that the sacking of 550 staff is unavoidable, due to a decline in classified revenue and the advent o...

7. Fairfax pushed to reinstate Mike Carlton
(The Campaign/In The News)

...o reinstate high-profile columnist Mike Carlton, as the nation's workplace investigator queries his abrupt sacking during a strike by journalists last week. The Workplace Ombudsman has summoned Fairfa...

8. 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

9. Payback as Fairfax sacks Michael Gawenda
(The Campaign/In The News)

...eature writer by new Age editor-in-chief Paul Ramadge. "This is a payback," Gawenda said. The sacking came in a terse email to Gawenda this week, in which Ramadge asserted a new editor’s...

10. Sackings could kill papers, expert warns
(The Campaign/In The News)

NEWSPAPER companies risk dying "a death of a thousand cuts" if they fire staff en masse without drastically reinventing their businesses, a leading international media consultant warned A

11. 300 plus - readers demand Carlton's reinstatement
(The Campaign/In The News)

...gship newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald is flooded with letters from readers protesting about his abrupt sacking. Read more ...

12. Low-quality journalism erodes the Fairfax brands
(The Campaign/In The News)

...-sand perspective: "Fairfax Media chief David Kirk says the strength of the reaction to the company's sacking of 550 workers was because the public feels "very invested' in its brands. Mr Ki...

13. Fairfax attacks rival over bad news
(The Campaign/In The News)

...RFAX Media chief executive David Kirk has singled out The Australian for special attack over his company's sacking of 550 staff and a strike by angry journalists, blaming the newspaper for "a lot...

14. Kirk: quality outcry means public is "very invested"
(The Campaign/In The News)

FAIRFAX Media chief David Kirk says the strength of the reaction to the company's sacking of 550 workers was because the public feels "very invested" in its brands.Mr Kirk told a digital

15. Fairfax sackings don't change a thing
(The Campaign/In The News)

What a way to run a listed company, especially in the media, even if it is the struggling and poorly-governed Fairfax Media. CEO David Kirk was ousted at a board meeting yesterday, along with S

16. Another editor departs
(The Campaign/In The News)

...no prospect of things improving either. The future is one of downsizing, trying to do the same with less, sackings and redundancies." Read more ...