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October 20, 2025

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.

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What is Salting, the Organizing Tactic Spicing Up the Labor Movement?
Posted On: Dec 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2024 | ORGANIZING | The resurgence of the American labor movement is being led in no small part by a cohort of young, diverse, fired-up workers around the country. … Changing the world for the better has been the goal of many generations of workers; some pulled it off and some didn’t, but the most important thing for all of us is to keep trying. Salting is just one way out of many to go about it, but [Jay] Brisack [one of the most well-known salts in the modern labor movement], is a big fan: “Unions are at 6% density in the private sector, and yet there are millions of workers who would like to organize their workplace. Salts can help show their co-workers that a better life is possible and get things rolling in that direction.” Learn more here.
 
 
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