Bibliograph

Collision course, Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America, Joseph A. McCartin

Type

Label

Collision course, Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America, Joseph A. McCartin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Collision course

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

709682876

Responsibility statement

Joseph A. McCartin

Sub title

Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America

Summary

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 of two decades of escalating conflict between controllers and the government that stemmed from the high-pressure nature of the job and the controllers' inability to negotiate with their employer over vital issues. PATCO's fall not only ushered in a long period of labor decline; it also served as a harbinger of the campaign against public sector unions that now roils American politics

Table Of Contents

Getting the picture -- The main bang -- Pushing back -- Wheels up -- Confliction -- Course correction -- Flight ceiling -- Turbulence -- Down the tubes -- Pilot error -- Dead reckoning -- Trading paint -- Aluminum rain -- Debris field -- Black box

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