2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: FIVE REASONS WHY THE AFSCME AND SEIU SHOULD HAVE ENDORSED SANDERS OVER CLINTON link added [View all]EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)And his anti-union comments.
It just shows these endorsements are about leaders jockeying for position and favor, rather than supportive of the overall Union platforms or what the rank and file want.
But you're right...Nixon and Reagan...whew...
"Just days after members of the Professional Air Traffic Controls Organization (PATCO) went on strike, President Ronald Reagan declared the strike illegal under the Taft-Hartley act. Reagan ordered the 13,000 striking air traffic controllers to return to work within 48 hours. On August 5, 1981 Reagan fired over 11,000 workers who refused to return to work. PATCO, who supported Reagan in the 1980 election, was decertified as a union and the fired workers were banned from holding federal jobs ever again. It took the FAA close to ten years to return staffing to its normal level."
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/08/reagan-fires-patco-air-traffic-controllers