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...most spectacular current reason for this hostility, of course, is Reagan's stern action in firing striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers' Organization from their Government jobs. Not that PATCO is winning any popularity contests in the labor movement these days-it was one of the few unions to endorse Reagan and rarely respects job actions by other workers. But most labor leaders have given the controllers' strike rhetorical support because they fear that the Administration's actions will fan a union-busting spirit among state and local governments, whose employees are joining unions...
Other Administration officials took pains to deny a report by David Siegel, a PATCO vice president, that the union had begun negotiations with the Government and that "eventually we will go back to the bargaining table." The Administration version is that Kenneth Blaylock, president of the largest union of federal employees, had mentioned ideas for a possible settlement to Donald Devine, director of the federal Office of Personnel Management, and asked Devine to check out what they would cost. Devine's staff worked up a figure, but was quickly ordered to stop by the White House...
...from a bold move, however, the PATCO dismissal signifies a cowardly attempt to intimidate unions and coerce them into unwitting collusion with Reagan's questionable economic policies. By heading off labor unrest at the pass, the Republicans hope to divert attention from measures which will harm most Americans...
...closing the door on compromise in the air traffic dispute, Reagan has indicated that workers have no right to move the mountain of management on their own terms. He has forced a Faustian decision upon American labor--cooperate or take your chances. PATCO gambled and lost...
...former PATCO members, welcome to the private sector. Jobs that pay $30,000 a year are rare. Social Security taxes are outrageously high. Retirement plans are not so generous. Holidays aren't conveniently placed next to weekends. Vacations are shorter. You will constantly be angry as the government takes your money to pay exorbitant salaries and perquisites. We wish more government employees would join...