Today in 1980 Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan writes to PATCO President Robert Poli with this promise: if the union endorses Reagan, “I will take whatever steps are necessary to provide our air traffic controllers with the most modern equipment available and to adjust staff levels and work days so that they are commensurate with achieving a maximum degree of public safety.” He got the endorsement. Nine months after the election, he fires the air traffic controllers for engaging in an illegal walkout over staffing levels and working conditions.
• Order free at-home Covid-19 tests here • Republic Services Teamsters approve TA, end strike • Union battle vs. corporate power isn’t a fair fight • America’s new class war: Organized Labor is back • CEMEX drivers protest lack of respect for organizing rights • Thieves are looting freight trains filled with UPS, FedEx, Amazon pkgs • Workers got fed up. Bosses got scared. This is how the Big Quit happened. • TA reached, workers end 10-day strike against grocery chain • Maryland tax deadline extended to July 15
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General Membership Meetings Baltimore - Nov. 2 @ 10 am
Salisbury - Nov. 16 @ 10 am Please be present and on time.
