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The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) was a United States trade union that operated from 1968 until its decertification in 1981 following an illegal strike broken by the Reagan administration; in striking, the union violated 5 U.S.C. (Supp. III 1956) 118p (now 5 U.S.C. § 7311), which prohibits strikes by federal ...
Feb 9, 2010 · On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan begins firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work. The executive action, regarded as...
Aug 5, 2021 · In 1981, President Ronald Reagan faced a test. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) RONALD REAGAN: This morning at 7 a.m., the union representing those who man America's air traffic control...
On August 5, 1981, Reagan fired PATCO members who remained on strike and banned them from being rehired. He then began replacing them with a combination of about 3,000 supervisors, 2,000 non-striking air traffic controllers, and 900 military controllers (Glass, Schalch).
“They are in violation of the law, and if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated,” President Ronald Reagan said at a press conference on August 3, 1981, responding to a nationwide air traffic controllers’ strike.
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Aug 3, 2006 · In August 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired thousands of unionized air-traffic controllers for illegally going on strike, an event that marked a turning point in labor relations in...
Consequently, President Ronald Reagan (1981 – 89) gave the strikers three days to return to work or be fired. When most striking controllers refused to return, they were fired and PATCO dissolved. In the wake of the firing, the FAA quickly imposed new restrictions on air traffic flow.
