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President Reagan busted the air traffic controllers union, not the pilots union. Federal members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike in 1981 violating a federal law prohibiting government unions from striking. President Reagan stated that if the air traffic controllers "do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated." When they did not return to work, President Reagan carried out his threat. He fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored his order. He used supervisors and military controllers to handle the nation's commercial air traffic until new controllers could be hired and trained.
President Reagan stated that the air traffic controllers did not have the right to strike. Federal members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike in 1981 violating a federal law prohibiting government unions from striking. President Reagan stated that if the air traffic controllers "do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated." When they did not return to work, President Reagan carried out his threat. He fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored his order. He used supervisors and military controllers to handle the nation's commercial air traffic until new controllers could be hired and trained.
Union supporters were outraged by President Reagan's decision to fire striking air-traffic controllers. They saw it as an attack on workers' rights to strike and a blow to the labor movement as a whole. It resulted in a significant decline in labor union membership and had a long-lasting impact on the relationship between labor unions and the government.
Ronald Reagan announced the striking workers were in violation of the law, and he fired them, with little apparent remorse.
They were in violation of a law that prohibited government employees from striking. When ordered by the President to return to work, most did not, and were fired.
Federal members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike in 1981 violating a federal law prohibiting government unions from striking. President Reagan stated that if the air traffic controllers "do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated." When they did not return to work, President Reagan carried out his threat. He fired 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored his order. He used supervisors and military controllers to handle the nation's commercial air traffic until new controllers could be hired and trained.
The 1981 air traffic controllers' strike, led by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), was halted after a court injunction was issued by President Ronald Reagan. The injunction declared the strike illegal, as the controllers were federal employees prohibited from striking. Reagan subsequently fired over 11,000 striking workers who did not return to work, marking a significant moment in labor relations in the United States. This action had lasting implications for labor unions and public sector employees.
impact
President Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers on August 5th, 1981. On August 5, 1923, Henry Sullivan was the first American to swim across the English Channel.
peak
Getting shot; being a B movie star; serving as 2-term Governor of California; winning the Presidential election to become the oldest President; forcing the Iranian to return the American hostages; Firing the striking Air Traffic Controllers;
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