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American Air Traffic Controllers' Strike
In August 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers, after they'd been on strike for two days. It was a watershed moment in US labour relations.
In August 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired more than 11,000 air traffic controllers. The strike, which was illegal under American law, lasted just two days, but it was to become a watershed moment in labour relations in the US. Witness speaks to John Dwyer, one of those sacked, and to Ken Moffett, who was involved in trying to settle the dispute.
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