Word: patco
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...union objections that the pact would cost jobs. That humiliation was merely the latest in a string of setbacks for labor since Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization in 1981, which made many other workers afraid to strike. "After Patco we felt we were looking down a double-barreled shotgun at the wrong end," says Joe Gunn, president of the Texas AFL-CIO. "Those days are over...
...union power had been slipping long before Reagan slapped down PATCO. In 1945 union members made up more than 35% of the nonagricultural work force; by 1980 they had dropped to 22%, and have fallen considerably since. Many of the nearly 19 million new jobs created during the booming '80s were in nonorganized service industries and small businesses. Relentless churning in the job market has also hurt Big Labor, as job security has begun to take precedence over concerns about benefits and pay increases. During the '80s, TWA, Phelps Dodge, Boise Cascade, International Paper and countless other firms cracked down...