Fairfax staff return to work

Photographers at The Age protesting the redundancies.

Fairfax staff on strike over proposed job cuts have returned to work at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and will seek a meeting with their employers tomorrow afternoon to discuss alternative cost savings.

Around 500 staff at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age walked out yesterday after management threatened to dock wages and cut 80 jobs from its photography, editorial and Life magazine divisions in Melbourne and Sydney. And sources at Fairfax said it was uncertain this morning whether staff would return to their desks after the walkout ended at 3pm.

However staff voted in favour of returning to work while seeking a meeting with management tomorrow to discuss alternative cost savings.