Is the Regan Years Going to Kill the Unions?

We began calculating the data in 19 forty seven, and it was triple digits everywhere from 19 forty seven to 19 eight o at least 100 major strikes per year. It was seen as a fixture of n like, that's how you exercise your muscle in collective bargaining. And then regan, no very famously, broke the backs of the air traffic controllers union. Fired 11 thousand air traffic controllers whowho were striking. That onmass sea change took the wind out of the sails of striking. Counterpoint, maybe workers got all their rights in 19 82, and they didn't need to strike. The gotemall entirely possible.