Fairfax journos strike as one in four jobs cut

Original article by Stephen Brook, Mitchell Bingemann, Brad Norington
The Australian – Page: 6 : 4-May-17

A Fairfax Media spokesman says the print and digital editions of "The Age" and "The Sydney Morning Herald" will continue to be produced during industrial action. Fairfax journalists have commenced a seven-day strike in response to Fairfax’s measures to reduce costs by an additional $A30m. This will include a downsizing of its newsroom staff, initially via voluntary redundancies. Some 125 jobs will be cut, which equates to about 25 per cent of Fairfax’s journalists.

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