02903nam 2200625 a 450 991078163780332120230725051241.00-19-025450-51-283-29703-597866132970370-19-983679-5(CKB)2550000000048534(EBL)771736(OCoLC)756484203(SSID)ssj0000535167(PQKBManifestationID)11333825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535167(PQKBWorkID)10522220(PQKB)10333520(StDuBDS)EDZ0001029510(Au-PeEL)EBL771736(CaPaEBR)ebr10500985(CaONFJC)MIL329703(MiAaPQ)EBC771736(EXLCZ)99255000000004853420110428d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCollision course[electronic resource] Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America /Joseph A. McCartinNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (499 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-932520-0 0-19-983678-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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 Air Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981Collective bargainingAeronauticsUnited StatesCollective bargainingUnited StatesAir Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981.Collective bargainingAeronauticsCollective bargaining331.892/81387740426097309048McCartin Joseph Anthony1511727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781637803321Collision course3865440UNINA