5 Quotes by David Fagan

It is probably one of the most grueling physical jobs you could ever get.

We were terrified at the idea of producing two papers. But when The Times went fully compact, we looked at it very seriously. It took away that whole argument that you lose quality if you are a compact newspaper.

There's quite a few young guys coming into the shearing industry now.

The whole philosophy is to shrink the newspaper and compact is probably a truer definition than the other words out there. We are a very good news-breaking paper and that is something that won't change. We could be the size of a postage stamp and we'd still want to break news.

Almost 700 Local 150 members earned cost-of-living increases under these agreements because they are the most efficient, highly skilled workers in the industry. Rather than follow the lead of the rest of the industry, Levy insists on wage and benefits cuts.