Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor Highlight

Though Reagan is infamous for the many terrible policies he inflicted on the American people, within the world of labor, his most reviled action remains his brutal evisceration of the 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike. Prior to this event, even during the most contentious labor conflicts, it was uncommon for companies to hire permanent replacements for striking workers; most workers could count on their jobs being there waiting for them upon their return, which made strike activity far less of an existential gamble than it would soon become.