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245 10 a| Collision course :b| Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America /c| Joseph A. McCartin.;

260 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2011.;

300 a| viii, 472 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Getting the picture -- The main bang -- Pushing back -- Wheels up -- Confliction -- Course correction -- Flight ceiling -- Turbulence -- Down the tubes -- Pilot error -- Dead reckoning -- Trading paint -- Aluminum rain -- Debris field -- Black box.;

520 a| "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 harbinger of the campaign against public sector unions that now roils American politics."--Book jacket.;

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Collision course : Ronald Reagan, the air traffic controllers, and the strike that changed America / Joseph A. McCartin.

Author/creator	McCartin, Joseph Anthony
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Description	viii, 472 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Reagan, Ronald. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.) United States. Federal Labor Relations Authority. Air Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981. Collective bargaining--Aeronautics. --United States. Collective bargaining--United States.

Contents	Getting the picture -- The main bang -- Pushing back -- Wheels up -- Confliction -- Course correction -- Flight ceiling -- Turbulence -- Down the tubes -- Pilot error -- Dead reckoning -- Trading paint -- Aluminum rain -- Debris field -- Black box.
Abstract	"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 harbinger of the campaign against public sector unions that now roils American politics."--Book jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2011016420
ISBN	9780199836789 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0199836787 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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