Staff from the Newcastle Herald will head back to work this morning after striking in solidarity with their Fairfax colleagues yesterday.
On what was UNESCO World Press Freedom day, media giant Fairfax announced they would be cutting 125 jobs from newsrooms at the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review in a bid to save $30 million dollars.
Staff at those mastheads have walked off the job for a week, disgusted at the company's decision to axe 25 per cent of its journalists.
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance CEO Paul Murphy said: "The editorial staff are really angry. They think the company has made a terrible decision that is not in the best interest of the company, its audience or its staff."
