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

By Joseph Anthony , Reagan , Ronald;McCartin

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press USA - OSO
ISBN
9780199836789, 0199836787
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3897108 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1981;Collective bargaining;Collective bargaining--Collective bargaining--Aeronautics--United States;D.C.);United States. -- Federal Labor Relations AuRonald;Professional Air Traffic Controllers OrganiU.S.

Description

Written with an eye for detail and a grasp of the consequences of PATCO conflict for both air travel and America's working class, this book explores how, in August 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization called an illegal strike. Reagan then fired the strikers creating hostility to organized labour. Prologue: Getting the Picture 1. The Main Bang 2. Pushing Back 3. Wheels Up 4. Confliction 5. Course Correction 6. Flight Ceiling 7. Turbulence 8. Down the Tubes 9. Pilot Error 10. Dead Reckoning 11. Trading Paint 12. Aluminum Rain 13. Debris Field Epilogue: Black Box Acknowledgments

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