8-5-15 The Shot Heard ‘Round the Boardroom in 2:00 (PATCO STRIKE)

[Omaha Steve]

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/august-5-the-shot-heard-round-the-boardroom-1438528888/




August 5, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1981. It was a dark day in U.S. labor history.

Nearly 13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization had been out on strike for two days.

2:00 minute audio at link.

The Rick Smith radio show has some fans trying to get his show on Sirius/XM.

I post his labor history in 2:00 on the DU every day with a great response.

Please help make this happen.

http://ricksmithshow.com/

Tell @DavidGuggenheim and @Liz_Aiello to #SiriuslyDraftRick to get @RickSmithShow on @SXMProgress


@Liz_Aiello Liz Aiello is VP, Talk Programming SiriusXM

@DavidGuggenheim David C. Guggenheim is the Program Director SiriusXM Progress 127

[SheilaT]

1. Worse yet, Lane Kirkland, the head of the AFL-CIO

backed Reagan in firing the air traffic controllers.

No wonder unions have been steadily losing ground all these years, when even the head of the AFL-CIO won't back its own.