[Peace-discuss] 30 Years Ago, The Middle Class Died / a reminder of how Reagan destroyed the unions

[Karen Medina]

"On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired every member of the
air traffic controllers union (PATCO) who'd defied his order to return
to work and declared their union illegal. They had been on strike for
just two days.

[...]
"The AFL-CIO.

"The biggest organization of unions in America told its members to
cross the picket lines of the air traffic controllers and go to work.
And that's just what these union members did. Union pilots, flight
attendants, delivery truck drivers, baggage handlers -- they all
crossed the line and helped to break the strike."

Quotes are from:
30 Years Ago Today: The Middle Class Died
Saturday 6 August 2011; Truthout
by: Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com | Op-Ed
http://www.truth-out.org/30-years-ago-today-middle-class-died/1312641859