Which of the Following Actions Marked a Decisive Break with the Tradition

question 80

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions marked a decisive break with the tradition of the federal government promoting compromises between labor and management?

• A)President Ronald Reagan firing striking air traffic controllers and hiring permanent replacements to fill their jobs in 1981
• B)President Reagan sending in the National Guard to break up picketing in front of major defense contractors in 1985
• C)Congress passing and George H.W.Bush signing legislation dismantling the National Labor Relations Board in 1992
• D)the National Labor Relations Act setting up a framework for labor relations in 1935

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