Patco

I figured if I started early, I could ride the 30 or 40 miles Patco, which is bike-friendly, to the end of the line (Lindenwold station) and be within an easy 10 miles or so of the forest.

The Clog 2009

Given union power in the economy, this was a dramatic act — especially considering the well-known fact that the air traffic controllers union, Patco, had backed Reagan in the 1980 presidential election.

Reaganomics: What We Learned Arthur B. Laffer 2011

Reagan showed his steel by staring down the Patco strike at home and Soviet scare-tactics against missile deployments abroad.

The Opacity of Hope 2009

Remember, after Patco went on strike, they fired everybody, and they hired a large bunch and those people were all retirement age now and the FAA is not adequately staffed to maintain operations.

CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2006 2006

Remember, after Patco went on strike, they fired everybody, and they hired a large bunch and those people were all retirement age now and the FAA is not adequately staffed to maintain operations.

CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2006 2006

Patco began a series of work slowdowns and sickouts that the F.A.A. was largely able to quell with little real improvement in working conditions.

NYT > Home Page By BRYAN BURROUGH 2011

The book says that the Ronald Reagan of early 1981 was no union buster, that he had been reaching out for union support and that, in Patco's case, he agreed to grant concessions more plentiful than any ever granted to a public employee union by an American president.

NYT > Home Page By BRYAN BURROUGH 2011

By and large, the new Reagan administration took little notice of Patco.

NYT > Home Page By BRYAN BURROUGH 2011

A kind of myth has arisen - that the Reagan administration had this all planned, that it lured the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, or Patco, into a trap so that it could be demolished.

NYT > Home Page By BRYAN BURROUGH 2011

This power, however, came with strict limitations; unions like Patco were not allowed to strike or bargain for higher wages.

NYT > Home Page By BRYAN BURROUGH 2011