Collision Course vs Cooper Crucible
What Happened to the Air Traffic Controller and PATO
The strike as a weapon, which PATCO attempted to use against the FAA, became a disaster for labor in 1981. 12,000 striking employees of the FAA were fired by President Ronald Reagan and replaced. The success of breaking the strike by air traffic controllers sent a message to employers and employees everywhere; this was the beginning of the end for organized labor. PATCO existed from 1968-1981 when it was decertified as a union. The strike and the defeat are called one of the most important events in the 20th century’s labor history. The transformation of a middle class position showed how air traffic controllers would be able to take care of their families; they were on their way to the next financial level. Another important point was the beginning of NAFTA which was started by Reagan in 1984. This gave Regan the fast track authority to negotiate trade. Labor opposed NAFTA because it changed collective bargaining, US jobs were lost and wages were suppressed, without the support of the unions the workers had very little bargaining power. The controllers wanted job security, this was initially what they sought and now they had to come to the table to make demands.
PATCO was not intended to be a union but more like a corporation. Collision Course goes into the various executive orders that were signed in 1963 one by President Kennedy, Executive Order 1088 that gave federal employees the right to organize. There were also two prior executive orders signed by President Nixon. Collective bargaining was in the best interest of the Country, the controllers could not negotiate salaries and because they were federal employees they were not permitted to strike. They thought the executive order would solve everything but it didn’t, it was very limited, it would have to pass congress and they knew at that time it wouldn’t. It was considered a blow against the crown; they work for the government and the people and
The strike as a weapon, which PATCO attempted to use against the FAA, became a disaster for labor in 1981. 12,000 striking employees of the FAA were fired by President Ronald Reagan and replaced. The success of breaking the strike by air traffic controllers sent a message to employers and employees everywhere; this was the beginning of the end for organized labor. PATCO existed from 1968-1981 when it was decertified as a union. The strike and the defeat are called one of the most important events in the 20th century’s labor history. The transformation of a middle class position showed how air traffic controllers would be able to take care of their families; they were on their way to the next financial level. Another important point was the beginning of NAFTA which was started by Reagan in 1984. This gave Regan the fast track authority to negotiate trade. Labor opposed NAFTA because it changed collective bargaining, US jobs were lost and wages were suppressed, without the support of the unions the workers had very little bargaining power. The controllers wanted job security, this was initially what they sought and now they had to come to the table to make demands.
PATCO was not intended to be a union but more like a corporation. Collision Course goes into the various executive orders that were signed in 1963 one by President Kennedy, Executive Order 1088 that gave federal employees the right to organize. There were also two prior executive orders signed by President Nixon. Collective bargaining was in the best interest of the Country, the controllers could not negotiate salaries and because they were federal employees they were not permitted to strike. They thought the executive order would solve everything but it didn’t, it was very limited, it would have to pass congress and they knew at that time it wouldn’t. It was considered a blow against the crown; they work for the government and the people and