MORNING STAR journalists have now been on strike for several weeks against the sacking of editor John Haylett.
The dispute started when Haylett was suspended for alleged misuse of a scate at work to then tran. spred ta me car site ra agemert cornicte tosse had been keeping a fire or are for some years to use at an appro priate opportunity.
All of the 'charges' against Haylett are spurious, several coming down to the fact that he carried out his remit as editor, or refer to things which were known common practice in the Morning Star office.
The action against Haylett was precipitated by an internal faction fight within the Communist Party of Britain. Following their conference last year Rosser's partner Mike Hicks was replaced as Genera Secra Rosser then appears I TaN : venge = suspend re = at. die Entirs me nem Geera sear On a programa acc eve ser appears to be little to chose between the two sides of this dispute, although it seems that the new leadership are more willing to work democratically with others on the Left. However, it is important to support the journalists' strike without having to have a view on the internal fights in the CPB (or even caring over much about them) or the value of the Morning Star to the labour movement. In the process of first suspending and then sacking Haylert manage. mere as acted like any coitatist eace one socong mori d sre teat-ror zos atten ere Tater =x=aIre stage) Meroes d=e -tape ment committee have been coring out with Thatcher-like statements about "management's right to manage' All the agreed disciplinary procedures negotiated with the National Union of Journalists chapel have been ignored, and two of the three people on the original disciplinary panel were responsible for suspending Haylett in the first place. The third walked out in protest at the procedures being adopted The VU! officialy backed the Horne sio cade for te sasi trage et tisec = see. se V! o some me To eep a se marape merx cormicee zue wee Tor I worry now is that management may refuse to abide by the findings of this tribunal.
The strikers have been producing strike bulletins, and latterly the weekly Workers' Morning Star. They have been getting wide support from the trade union movement, including the Reclaim our Rights conference on March 28, and from Communist Party and Morning Star readers' groups. The majority of the management committee seem to represent a small aver around Rosser and Hicks. • Contact the Morning Star Muj Chapel at 422 Kingsland load, London E8 AAA.