Sentences with phrase «striking air traffic controllers»

The only thing I can remember in the last thirty years is Reagan firing the striking air traffic controllers.

The Pardlos seemed firmly entrenched in middle - class security until August 5, 1981, when President Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, including Pardlo's father.

Ronald Reagan was still in office, and had earned a reputation as one of the most anti-union presidents in American history, in part by firing more than 11,000 striking air traffic controllers.

Most recently he urged Dave to follow Reagan's example over sacking striking air traffic controllers.

Not exact matches

This four - part documentary series glosses over our industrial woes, but through a combination of aerial footage, striking data visualizations, and interviews with power grid technicians, air traffic controllers, and others who work behind the scenes, it provides an intimate look at the hidden systems that we rely on every day.

The Post strike is widely considered one of the preludes to the Reagan administration's destruction of the air traffic controllers union, PATCO, in 1981.

Readers of a certain age will recall that, early in his presidency, Reagan was confronted with a strike by the nation's air traffic controllers.

The textbook case for deflating a public - sector strike may have been Ronald Reagan's response to the 1981 air traffic controllers strike.

Today, French Air Traffic Controllers have confirmed that they will be going on strike at the weekend March 20th - 22nd.

French Air Traffic Controllers have confirmed that they will be going on strike at the weekend March 20th - 22nd 2016.

Airlines are stepping up their calls on the French Government to ban industrial action by air traffic controllers following plans for a five - day strike.

Passengers planning getaways during Easter school holidays will be the first to suffer, as strike action by French Air Traffic Controllers is set to throw airports across the Channel into meltdown from Sunday to Tuesday.

Airline passengers travelling to and from Portugal are set to experience delays as air traffic controllers in the country begin three days of strikes.

In 1999, when Rudy Giuliani was Mayor of New York, (Giuliani started his political career as Associate Attorney General under President Reagan, infamous for his ignorance and inaction during the AIDS epidemic, and his en masse firing of union air traffic controllers on strike in 1981) Giuliani sued the Brooklyn Museum for opening the much - hyped exhibit Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, which included the work of then - emerging British artists such as Chris Ofili and Damien Hirst.

The union of German air traffic controllers recently cancelled a threatened strike which could have affected thousands of flights.

«Cancelled» is the last word you want to read on an airport monitor but every so often air traffic controller strikes, dangerous weather conditions and mechanical failures cause those 9 letters to flicker on to the screen... Read more

Verstandig served as chief lobbyist for the U.S. Department of Transportation during the 1981 air traffic controllers strike.