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In 1981 Reagan fired all the ATC professionals involved in a union strike

by altmind on 2/8/22, 10:41 PM with 5 comments

  • by fargle on 2/9/22, 4:10 AM

    alternate take: PATCO union overplays hand, then disobeys multiple court orders and ends up decertified by the NLRB as a union. And striking members banned-for-life!

    My opinion is their initial ask and even strike was pretty reasonable, but then rejecting a pretty good offer and then doubling down by ignoring a court order in a public safety industry - well - gets you fired and that ain't a completely bad thing.