CSPAN2 Book TV November 13, 2011
with the federal aviation administration on august 3rd, 1981. one analyst noted there a legal strike had been in the making. almost since the moment the union was founded in the 1960's. it was the inevitable choice for this journalist because most of the 12 year existence appears to have been preparation for this moment. the controllers have such a long history of militancy between 1981 that it was not surprising in some ways that they became a first union to stage a carefully choreographed planned nationwide strike against the federal agency. and yet the journalist was puzzled that ...
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