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>>Given the extortionist tactics of the air traffic controller union at the time, one can hardly blame Reagan for his "anti-union" response!
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>13K people were extorting the US Government, the most powerful entity in human history, by threatening to stay home?
>Right.

In Kevin's defense - a few more people than the 13,000 would of been staying home if no planes could take off or land. When it comes to unions, they were created for a reason and when they were created, we reaaallly needed them. Some of them did get to powerful though - but I think there is still a need for them.