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.
• The past, present, and future of work • What happened to the Apple store union campaign? • Most unionized occupations • ‘UAW just made it easier for auto workers to strike • Organizing a top topic at Steelworkers convention • Business Insider: 6 issues that could push UPS Teamsters to strike • US labor leaders say underfunding at NLRB has ‘reached crisis stage’ • Booming US cannabis industry seen as fertile ground for union expansion • Teamsters enact historic agreement to organize Illinois cannabis industry • Exclusive: Biden’s emergency board calls for railroad wage hikes to resolve contract talks • Watch: O’Brien to join Sen. Sanders and AFT’s Nelson at major rallies this weekend
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General Membership Meetings Baltimore - Nov. 2 @ 10 am
Salisbury - Nov. 16 @ 10 am Please be present and on time.
