Fairfax staff decide against industrial action but vow to fight axing of subs

Tim Burrowes

May 12, 2011 10:01

Fairfax staff have pulled back from strike action after a lengthy stop-work meeting which raised questions about the production of Friday’s editions of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

The meetings lasted more than two hours and journalists union The Media Alliance said that about 500 staff attended.

The meetings were called to discuss the company’s plans to outsource production to Pagemasters and make 82 roles redundant.

The journalists also agreed a resolution:

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Not Johnny 13 May 11

Sorry, i know it is off topic, but why does a major smh news article about a protest on the harbour bridge redirect me to drive.com.au?

http://www.smh.com.au/drive/mo.....1ekyj.html

goes to

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-.....1ekyj.html

It’s hardly a story about cars, I am not in the car market, but the ad servers and analytics will now count me in their reports.. Come to think of it, I’ve noticed it for interest rate related stories that get redirected to domain .

Bit of double counting going on here. Pumping up the UBs on the classified sites.

Are they struggling for traffic that much?

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