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Collision Course : Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America.
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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (499 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199836796 0199836795 0199836787 9780199836789 |