Forty-four years after Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, in a union-busting act of bravado, reshaped federal labor policy, and left the FAA chronically understaffed, the ghosts of that decision are on the radar screens once again. As the government shutdown drags on, unpaid controllers are ca…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Boing Boing to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.