Collision course
Subtitle: Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America
By: Joseph A. McCartin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780199836789
Subjects: Aeronautics; United States. Federal Labor Relations Authority; United States; Air Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981; Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.); Collective bargaining
Description: In August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) called an illegal strike. The new president, Ronald Reagan, fired the strikers, establishing a reputation for both decisiveness and hostility to organised labour. PATCO's fall not only ushered in a long period of labour decline; it also served as a harbinger of the campaign against public sector unions that now roils American politics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting the picture; title: The main bang; title: Pushing back; title: Wheels up; title: Confliction; title: Course correction; title: Flight ceiling; title: Turbulence; title: Down the tubes; title: Pilot error; title: Dead reckoning; title: Trading paint; title: Aluminum rain; title: Debris field; title: Black box.