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Unionization in america is having a moment right now. labor unions are mobilizing to improve the power of the worker. on august 3rd, 1981, or traffic controllers went on strike after negotiations with the federal government over wage increases and work hours failed. president ronald reagan called a strike illegal he threatened to fire any controller who didn t return to work within 48 hours. and reagan followed through on that promise. two days later, he began firing over 11,000 air traffic controllers who did not return to work. and he banned the strikers from ever being re-hired by the federal aviation administration again. a lifetime ban was rescinded by the clinton administration 12 years later. this extreme scenario is unlikely to play out in 2023 because none of these strikes were proposed against a federal government. even if they, where president biden is a pro union president. the sentiment toward labor ....