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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457163103321

Autore

McCartin Joseph Anthony

Titolo

Collision course [[electronic resource] ] : Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America / / Joseph A. McCartin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-025450-5

1-283-29703-5

9786613297037

0-19-983679-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (499 p.)

Disciplina

331.892/81387740426097309048

Soggetti

Air Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981

Collective bargaining - Aeronautics - United States

Collective bargaining - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 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; BLACK BOX; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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