Question: why was it wrong for the air traffic controllers to go on strike?
Answer: In striking, the union violated 5 U.S.C. (Supp. ... Despite supporting PATCO's effort in his 1980 campaign, Ronald Reagan declared the PATCO strike a "peril to national safety" and ordered them back to work under the terms of the Taft–Hartley Act. Only 1,300 of the nearly 13,000 controllers returned to work.