No-confidence vote as Fairfax jobs go

Fairfax journalists say they've lost confidence in their bosses' ability to implement revenue-raising strategies "beyond cutting staff".

Employees at the media company's three major publications in Sydney and Melbourne - The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Australian Financial Review - met on Tuesday to discuss the forced redundancies of around 30 of their colleagues.

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance members gathered at the company's Sydney headquarters, passing a condemnatory resolution that they have no confidence in chief executive Greg Hywood and managing director Allen Williams.

"(They) have demonstrated no strategy to adapt to a fast-changing media environment beyond cutting jobs," the resolution said.

"We have no confidence in them."

The resolution described Mr Hywood and Mr Williams as "overpaid and underperforming".

Strikes are not being planned at either the Sydney or Melbourne offices.

Fairfax announced in March it would cut 120 jobs from Sydney and Melbourne newsrooms, sparking a three day-long industrial action involving hundreds of editorial staff.

The Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating the strike and could hand down fines worth thousands of dollars to individual staff.

Among the latest redundancies are believed to be experienced journalists Anne Davies and Tom Allard, as well as cartoonist Rocco Fazzari.

Mr Fazzari posted a cartoon of a felled tree on his Facebook page, saying it would be his last drawing for the Herald.

"Sadly for me and my young family after 28 years of hard dedicated work and loyal service I have been targeted for compulsory redundancy," he posted on Tuesday.

"Feel very much like that tree. I'm not in a good space."

Herald union representative Marcus Strom said it was a "tragic day" for the Australian media and those affected by the redundancies, while the union said staff who will be forced out were being treated by management as just a number.

"But every person Fairfax is sacking has contributed to making their mastheads great," the MEAA tweeted on Tuesday.

A spokesman for Fairfax refused to comment.