Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed AmericaAs Joseph A. McCartin reminds his readers in this wonderfully good book, even Franklin D. Roosevelt believed the
In 1981, when the US air traffic controllers union (PATCO) went on strike Regan simply announced that those who did not return to their jobs within 48 hours would be fired. Forty-eight hours later, 11,345 air traffic controllers had lost their jobs. Reagan wanted to show America that he...
314 2020-05 3 20. First Inaugural (January 20, 1981) 363 2020-05 4 21. Marijuana Speech (10 November, 1983) 232 2020-05 5 23. On Signing the Tax Reform Act (October 22, 1986) 231 2020-05 6 24. On the Air Traffic Controllers Strike (August 03, 1981) ...
Despite the interruption, Reagan lost little momentum. In the middle of his first summer as president, more than 11,000 federal air traffic controllers, members of one of the few unions to support him, walked off their jobs -- and he fired them. It was a blow to organized labor, already...
legal protection. One of the first acts of the Reagan administration was to dismiss from their jobs, en masse, striking air traffic controllers. It was a warning to future strikers, and a sign of the weakness of a labor movement which in the thirties and forties had been a powerful force...
PATCO Strike On August 3, 1981, 13,000 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), walked off the job. PATCO had supported Reagan in the 1980 election but by the summer of 1981 was making exorbitant demands regarding high raises, early reti...
3, 1981 threat to fire 12,176 striking air traffic controllers (PATCO), he held the controllers to their signed affidavit stating that they would not “participate [in any strike] while an employee of the Government of the United States.” [18] Reagan brought in military air traffic ...
The free public tool tallies up direct economic losses, response costs and the toll of business interruptions tied to the most damaging disasters to strike the U.S. in near real-time. It’s been a staple for the insurance and reinsurance industries, which otherwise need to invest in their ...
Written with an eye for detail and a grasp of the consequences of PATCO conflict for both air travel and America's working class, this book explores how, in August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization called an illegal strike. Reagan then fired the strikers creating ...
has written a comprehensive account of the rise and fall of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), providing an incredibly detailed examination of the issues leading up to the 1981 firing of the striking members of PATCO and of the aftermath of that strike.Coffin, D A...