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Air Traffic Controllers Strike in 1981


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Air Traffic Controllers Strike in 1981
Discusses central issues, consequences & impact on major differences between labor & government/management, Reagan's actions & their appropriateness, public interest, use of military controllers, impact of FAA and air traffic safety risks.
9,000 words (approx. 36 pages) | 54 sources | 1989 United States


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"The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), a labor union representing civilian air traffic controllers employed by an agency . the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) . of the United States (US) government, called a strike on 3 August 1981 (Office of AFCC History [OOAFCCH], 1985). In the ensuing months, PATCO's effectiveness as a collective bargaining organization was destroyed, the lives of hundreds of air traffic controllers and their families were quickly characterized by high levels of uncertainty and distress, air traffic safety in the US was temporarily compromised, military personnel were used as temporary replacements for the civilian air traffic controllers, and the quality of the industrial relations environment in the country deteriorated (...)"

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APA Citation:

Air Traffic Controllers Strike in 1981 (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Air-Traffic-Controllers-Strike-in-1981/17798

MLA Citation:

"Air Traffic Controllers Strike in 1981" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Air-Traffic-Controllers-Strike-in-1981/17798>




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