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Trump Labor Department Announces It will Honor Ronald Reagan, the Man who Broke American Labor - The Intercept
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Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America : McCartin, Joseph A.: Amazon.it: Libri
![New York Times OTD on X: "The front page #OTD in 1981. President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. #nytimes https://t.co/GLZfDxOZFo" / New York Times OTD on X: "The front page #OTD in 1981. President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. #nytimes https://t.co/GLZfDxOZFo" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZemcmcX0AE6U_7.png)
New York Times OTD on X: "The front page #OTD in 1981. President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. #nytimes https://t.co/GLZfDxOZFo" /
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33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother Jones
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File:President Ronald Reagan making a statement to the press regarding the air traffic controllers strike.jpg - Wikipedia
In 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers after they refused to end their strike and subsequently banned them from federal service for life — Curionic
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