bsmall2> On August 5, 1981, President #RonaldReagan fired every member of the air traffic controllers union (PATCO) who'd defied his order to return to work and declared their union illegal. They had been on strike for just two days.
> It was a bold and brash move. No one had ever tried it. What made it even bolder was that #PATCO was one of only two unions that had endorsed Reagan..
https://www.nj.com/bayonne/2011/08/30_years_ago_--_the_day_the_mi.html
#USAirTraffic #AirTrafficControllers #uspol #ReaganAir
> It was a bold and brash move. No one had ever tried it. What made it even bolder was that #PATCO was one of only two unions that had endorsed Reagan..
https://www.nj.com/bayonne/2011/08/30_years_ago_--_the_day_the_mi.html
#USAirTraffic #AirTrafficControllers #uspol #ReaganAir
30 years ago -- the day the middle class died!: Michael Moore
View full sizeRonald Reagan Presidential LibraryPresident Ronald Reagan By MICHAEL MOORE CAGLE CARTOONS From time to time, someone under 30 will ask me, "When did this all begin, America's downward slide?" They say they've heard of a time when working...