Title: Collision course
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.
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, Reagan, ronald, 1911-2004, Air traffic control, Collective bargaining, aeronautics, Collective bargaining, united states, Flugsicherung, Streik
Places: United States
People: Ronald Reagan