When the 11,300 Members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers

question 12

Multiple Choice

When the 11,300 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike in 1981, President Reagan

• A) refused to intervene.
• B) ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to cut air traffic controllers' working hours to reduce their stress and improve air safety.
• C) fired the strikers and barred them from ever being rehired as federal air traffic controllers.
• D) ordered the National Labor Relations Board to mediate the strike.

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