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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 950228" data-attributes="member: 1664">I prefer Ronald Reagan&#039;s approach.On&nbsp; August 3, 1981 nearly 13,000 of the 17,500 members of the Professional&nbsp; Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) walked off the job, hoping&nbsp; to disrupt the nation&#039;s transportation system to the extent that the&nbsp; federal government would accede to its demands for higher wages, a&nbsp; shorter work week, and better retirement benefits.&nbsp; At a press&nbsp; conference in the White House Rose Garden that same day, President&nbsp; Reagan responded with a stern ultimatum: The strikers were to return to&nbsp; work within 48 hours or face termination.&nbsp; As federal employees the&nbsp; controllers were violating the no-strike clause of their employment&nbsp; contracts. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 950228, member: 1664"] [COLOR=#006400][B]I prefer Ronald Reagan's approach.[/B] [B][/B][/COLOR] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#111111]On August 3, 1981 nearly 13,000 of the 17,500 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) walked off the job, hoping to disrupt the nation's transportation system to the extent that the federal government would accede to its demands for higher wages, a shorter work week, and better retirement benefits. At a press conference in the White House Rose Garden that same day,[SIZE=5] President Reagan responded with a stern ultimatum: The strikers were to return to work within 48 hours or face termination[/SIZE]. As federal employees the controllers were violating the no-strike clause of their employment contracts. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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