The first repercussion of the strike was the destruction of PATCO. At the beginning of the strike, a federal court impounded PATCO’s $3.5 million strike fund and another federal judge imposed fines totaling $4.75 million on the union.On AUgust fourth judge Thomas C. Platt in New York fined PATCO $100,000 per hour for defying a 1970 injunction against striking.
The President of the AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland expressed outrage at Reagan, who was described as ‘union busting’ by labor leaders. It was partially true because for years after the PATCO strike unions lost ground. The hiring of permanent replacements for strikers became a common tactic of corporations. Reagan’s action was legal, and set the tone for labor-management relations for a generation.
On October 22nd 1981 the Federal Labor Relations Authority decertified the union. It was final on October 27th. In December, Robert Poli resigned as president of PATCO. By July 1983 PATCO declared bankruptcy. PATCO was done.
On the positive side, the FAA published a 450-page document, the National Airspace System Plan, which outlined a 20-year blueprint for upgrading the air traffic control system, …show more content…
Some of the major carriers reported losses of $30 million a day at the start of the strike. It was no coincidence that the strike occurred at their busiest time of the year. The airlines were forced to cut back service and lay off workers, and management took pay cuts. Ground transportation services benefited for a while. Media reports that did not support the strike and the inconvenience suffered by the public made the strike unpopular. Most of the reports on the workers' complaints centered on pay increases and demands for a shorter workweek. The FAA offer sounded generous to the general public. Although the air traffic controllers were largely driven to action by stress on the job, few in the media, and therefore in the public, sympathized with
The President of the AFL-CIO Lane Kirkland expressed outrage at Reagan, who was described as ‘union busting’ by labor leaders. It was partially true because for years after the PATCO strike unions lost ground. The hiring of permanent replacements for strikers became a common tactic of corporations. Reagan’s action was legal, and set the tone for labor-management relations for a generation.
On October 22nd 1981 the Federal Labor Relations Authority decertified the union. It was final on October 27th. In December, Robert Poli resigned as president of PATCO. By July 1983 PATCO declared bankruptcy. PATCO was done.
On the positive side, the FAA published a 450-page document, the National Airspace System Plan, which outlined a 20-year blueprint for upgrading the air traffic control system, …show more content…
Some of the major carriers reported losses of $30 million a day at the start of the strike. It was no coincidence that the strike occurred at their busiest time of the year. The airlines were forced to cut back service and lay off workers, and management took pay cuts. Ground transportation services benefited for a while. Media reports that did not support the strike and the inconvenience suffered by the public made the strike unpopular. Most of the reports on the workers' complaints centered on pay increases and demands for a shorter workweek. The FAA offer sounded generous to the general public. Although the air traffic controllers were largely driven to action by stress on the job, few in the media, and therefore in the public, sympathized with