LEADER 02900nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910808240003321 005 20240514033000.0 010 $a0-19-025450-5 010 $a1-283-29703-5 010 $a9786613297037 010 $a0-19-983679-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048534 035 $a(EBL)771736 035 $a(OCoLC)756484203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535167 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11333825 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535167 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522220 035 $a(PQKB)10333520 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001029510 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL771736 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10500985 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329703 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC771736 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048534 100 $a20110428d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCollision course $eRonald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America /$fJoseph A. McCartin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (499 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-932520-0 311 $a0-19-983678-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aIn 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 606 $aAir Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981 606 $aCollective bargaining$xAeronautics$zUnited States 606 $aCollective bargaining$zUnited States 615 0$aAir Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981. 615 0$aCollective bargaining$xAeronautics 615 0$aCollective bargaining 676 $a331.892/81387740426097309048 700 $aMcCartin$b Joseph Anthony$01625889 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808240003321 996 $aCollision course$94074284 997 $aUNINA