Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America
by
Joseph A. McCartin
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
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 organized labor. As Joseph A. McCartin writes, the strike was the culmination...