![A father and son on the picket line during the 1981 air traffic controllers strike, which became one of the most important events in U.S. labor history after President Ronald Reagan fired A father and son on the picket line during the 1981 air traffic controllers strike, which became one of the most important events in U.S. labor history after President Ronald Reagan fired](https://preview.redd.it/73fypp5kc6vx.png?auto=webp&s=c2b5aa58eb295d59ad1523552c2bc54172852663)
A father and son on the picket line during the 1981 air traffic controllers strike, which became one of the most important events in U.S. labor history after President Ronald Reagan fired
![OTD in History… August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fires striking air traffic controllers | History Musings OTD in History… August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fires striking air traffic controllers | History Musings](https://historymusings.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/87b24-1jfg-5d8hzbops5cov9i7ra.jpeg)
OTD in History… August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fires striking air traffic controllers | History Musings
![Kendall Brown on X: "Air traffic controllers in Dallas are staging a "sickout" to protest vaccine mandates, causing thousands of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations. Wait until conservatives find out that there's precedence Kendall Brown on X: "Air traffic controllers in Dallas are staging a "sickout" to protest vaccine mandates, causing thousands of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations. Wait until conservatives find out that there's precedence](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBW0H4iWEAAT0sQ.jpg:large)
Kendall Brown on X: "Air traffic controllers in Dallas are staging a "sickout" to protest vaccine mandates, causing thousands of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations. Wait until conservatives find out that there's precedence
Teamsters History - Today in Labor History we take a look back at the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers strike. It is common knowledge that Reagan fired all 11,359 of the workers for
![Trump Labor Department Announces It will Honor Ronald Reagan, the Man who Broke American Labor - The Intercept Trump Labor Department Announces It will Honor Ronald Reagan, the Man who Broke American Labor - The Intercept](https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/patco-strike-1503609108.jpg?fit=2460%2C1230)
Trump Labor Department Announces It will Honor Ronald Reagan, the Man who Broke American Labor - The Intercept
In 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers after they refused to end their strike and subsequently banned them from federal service for life — Curionic
![33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother Jones 33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/AP8108071146-630.jpg)
33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother Jones
![CONTROLLERS STRIKE, HALTING 7,000 FLIGHTS; REAGAN GIVES 48-HOUR NOTICE ON STRIKERS OF DISMISSAL - The New York Times CONTROLLERS STRIKE, HALTING 7,000 FLIGHTS; REAGAN GIVES 48-HOUR NOTICE ON STRIKERS OF DISMISSAL - The New York Times](https://s1.nyt.com/timesmachine/pages/1/1981/08/04/218795_360W.png?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)
CONTROLLERS STRIKE, HALTING 7,000 FLIGHTS; REAGAN GIVES 48-HOUR NOTICE ON STRIKERS OF DISMISSAL - The New York Times
![Reagan fires 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, Aug. 5, 1981 - Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Reagan fires 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, Aug. 5, 1981 - Association of Flight Attendants-CWA](https://cdn.afacwa.org/images/news/regan-fires-air-traffic-controllers.jpg)