FIRES
STRIKING
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
August 5, 1981
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
LEESBURG, VIRGINIA
Published in the February 16, 1981,
issue of BUSINESS WEEK (p. 83)
How many times have I read that Ronald Reagan's firing of the air traffic controllers -- thirty years ago now -- was a crucial step in the diminution of the American labor movement? A recent analysis is to be found here.
The Business Week article for which this photograph was an illustration was entitled "The race to head off an airline shutdown."
More on air traffic control
Then and now
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