Fired in the Line of Duty-The Coup that never was?

Two Editors and an advertising manager of a newspaper publishing company are fired in their line of duty for insubordination and contempt for management. The gang of "3' as they were described by management were accused of staging a coup de'tat within the newspaper publishing company. Following the failure of the new experiment in workers participation within the enterprise through the establishment of an editorial board which represented the broad interest of workers. Management rejected the workers proposals hence angry, agitated, and frustrated workers downed tool, requesting immediate redress of outstanding grievances related to improvement of working conditions wages and salaries. The dismissal of the senior management was as a result of a center spread article expressing the workers concerns and the refusal of the company to meet the workers demands. Crisis in the media. Managing Director fire workers involved and abolishes the workers committee. Back to square one! This book is based on a real life struggle of journalist and workers engaged in a struggle to reform a newspaper's management, and publishing operations which failed?