On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan begins firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work. The executive action, regarded as extreme by many, significantly slowed air travel for months.
Two days earlier, on August 3, almost 13,000 air-traffic controllers went on strike after negotiations with the federal government to raise their pay and shorten their workweek proved fruitless. The controllers complained of difficult working conditions and a lack of recognition of the pressures they face. Across the country, some 7,000 flights were canceled.
The same day, President Reagan called the strike illegal and threatened to fire any controller who had not returned to work within 48 hours. Robert Poli, president of the Professional Air-Traffic Controllers Association (PATCO), was found in contempt by a federal judge and ordered to pay $1,000 a day in fines.
On August 5, an angry President Reagan carried out his threat, and the federal government began firing the 11,359 air-traffic controllers who had not returned to work. In addition, he declared a lifetime ban on the rehiring of the strikers by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). On August 17, the FAA began accepting applications for new air-traffic controllers, and on October 22 the Federal Labor Relations Authority decertified PATCO.
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Probably the best thing Reagan ever did. Good thing he didn’t have a daughter Ivanka or a son in law Jared.
Trump should follow Regan’s lead in firing any teacher who doesn’t pick up the shiny apple on their classroom desk. You’ve got until 7:30 on 10 August.
Yes, I know school boards are essentially state run but they sure get a lot of federal govt cheese.
Different times, different public opinion. Reportedly a majority of parents want their kids not to go to school. People are bad at math. 155,000 deaths sounds like a lot but in 150 days we’d have had 1.2 million normal deaths anyway. And 1/3 of those Covid deaths probably would have died of old age already anyway. People worry about gluten or alar on apples. They’re not going to stop worrying until most of the country has reached herd immunity like NYC and Sweden have. So, about two days after the election.
No. Why would anyone “conservative” want to send innocent kids back to the marxist indoctrination mills? Instead, Trump should fire everyone at the Dept of Education and let states manage the education of students as they see fit.
I dont know of one single person who considered President Reagan’s actions “extreme”.