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, columnists should also remove their labour.

Mike Carlton did no more than would have been done by any of the undersigned, had our deadline coincided with industrial action.

We remind the company that, having set an example with Mike Carlton, it may need to sack all the undersigned if it insists on this course of action.

We believe the company hires columnists on the basis that they have principles. It is wrong to sack them for the same reason.

We hope this matter will be sensibly resolved, so that we can all continue working for Australia’s best newspapers.

Yours truly,

Richard Glover
Columnist
Spectrum
The Sydney Morning Herald

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