I still remember the Teamsters endorsing Reagan in '84, even after his Air Traffic Controllers mess (Reply #37)

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Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:59 PM

EndElectoral (4,213 posts)

37. I still remember the Teamsters endorsing Reagan in '84, even after his Air Traffic Controllers mess

And his anti-union comments.

It just shows these endorsements are about leaders jockeying for position and favor, rather than supportive of the overall Union platforms or what the rank and file want.

But you're right...Nixon and Reagan...whew...

"Just days after members of the Professional Air Traffic Controls Organization (PATCO) went on strike, President Ronald Reagan declared the strike illegal under the Taft-Hartley act. Reagan ordered the 13,000 striking air traffic controllers to return to work within 48 hours. On August 5, 1981 Reagan fired over 11,000 workers who refused to return to work. PATCO, who supported Reagan in the 1980 election, was decertified as a union and the fired workers were banned from holding federal jobs ever again. It took the FAA close to ten years to return staffing to its normal level."

http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/08/reagan-fires-patco-air-traffic-controllers

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64 replies	Author	Time	Post
FIVE REASONS WHY THE AFSCME AND SEIU SHOULD HAVE ENDORSED SANDERS OVER CLINTON link added [View all]	Omaha Steve	Dec 2015	OP
Kickin'	Faux pas	Dec 2015	#1
When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go	cantbeserious	Dec 2015	#2
So you're saying the Union members were too stupid to make an informed recommendation?	brooklynite	Dec 2015	#3
No... Not Union Members... Union "Leadership"...	WillyT	Dec 2015	#6
Union members elect their leadership	workinclasszero	Dec 2015	#30
No, we're not making enemies.	Fawke Em	Dec 2015	#55
Strawman much?	daleanime	Dec 2015	#9
Both leaderships polled their membership...	brooklynite	Dec 2015	#11
I wasn't asked anything by AFSCME even though I was an AFSCME PEOPLE PAC donor often	Omaha Steve	Dec 2015	#13
Wow. How revealing is that?	99th_Monkey	Dec 2015	#16
Wow! That's very telling. Nt	tex-wyo-dem	Dec 2015	#23
And data coming from CNN, the Hill Network,	floriduck	Dec 2015	#27
Are you an AFSCME --MEMBER--?	brooklynite	Dec 2015	#33
I run the DU Labor Group (did you know we have one?)	Omaha Steve	Dec 2015	#42
Maybe you didn't attend the meeting	upaloopa	Dec 2015	#52
I notice your links mention nothing...	tex-wyo-dem	Dec 2015	#19
SEIU has said over 75% of their members support Hillary. n/t	tammywammy	Dec 2015	#25
Not 75% In This Bulding... And Nobody Asked Us...	WillyT	Dec 2015	#34
I belong to SEIU local 260	upaloopa	Dec 2015	#53
75% of their polled members had a favorable view.	RichVRichV	Dec 2015	#54
+ 1,000,000,000 - What You Said !!!	WillyT	Dec 2015	#59
Right.....sure.......	daleanime	Dec 2015	#20
Post says "should have"; reality is "did not"	SCantiGOP	Dec 2015	#41
If Bernie wins, it will truly be a people's revolution.	Baitball Blogger	Dec 2015	#4
No link.	tk2kewl	Dec 2015	#5
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!	WillyT	Dec 2015	#7
Guess What?	Gamecock Lefty	Dec 2015	#8
Correction -- the LEADERSHIP did the endorsing...	Hepburn	Dec 2015	#10
...after consulting with their members.	brooklynite	Dec 2015	#12
please link to the vote by the rank and file	marym625	Dec 2015	#17
You must have missed this video upstring	99th_Monkey	Dec 2015	#21
The point	ejbr	Dec 2015	#31
I find any post that attempts to smear Hillary because of Bill....	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#14
Regarding your last sentence	ejbr	Dec 2015	#32
No one that has previously worked with Unions in politics would differ	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#45
Says the anonymous person on the internet	ejbr	Dec 2015	#48
Take it or leave it	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#49
OK	ejbr	Dec 2015	#50
Nicely put, Maggie. nt	Nitram	Dec 2015	#40
Hillary called TPP the GOLD STANDARD not so long ago	Omaha Steve	Dec 2015	#43
The thing all these journalists and Hillary haters miss...	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#44
How did she decide to be against the final product?	Omaha Steve	Dec 2015	#46
I hadnt seen that, and would love a link	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#47
Link	Fawke Em	Dec 2015	#57
I don't think she needed to see the full text	MaggieD	Dec 2015	#58
Funny thing about that	Omaha Steve	Dec 2015	#62
Bogus points.	Fawke Em	Dec 2015	#56
K&R!	marym625	Dec 2015	#15
My union leadership endorsed HRC.	JonathanRackham	Dec 2015	#18
The umbrella organization AFC-CIO asked all member unions to wait until after the Feb conference	Omaha Steve	Dec 2015	#24
Union "leadership" tends to try to cover their asses.	Fuddnik	Dec 2015	#22
Reminds me of 72 when the union heads supported the great Richard Nixon.	jalan48	Dec 2015	#26
I still remember the Teamsters endorsing Reagan in '84, even after his Air Traffic Controllers mess	EndElectoral	Dec 2015	#37
The seeds of our Third Way Corporate Democrats.	jalan48	Dec 2015	#38
maybe they can rampage into an Episcopal Church and beat up students passing by?	MisterP	Dec 2015	#51
Since you are familiar with unions then you know unions endorse candidates	Thinkingabout	Dec 2015	#28
Coulda, woulda, shoulda...	SidDithers	Dec 2015	#29
Betcha members vote what they want. And right after they vote for President Sanders this union	jtuck004	Dec 2015	#35
K&R nt	Live and Learn	Dec 2015	#36
Operative phrase: "should have".	Nitram	Dec 2015	#39
Kicked and recommended to the Max!	Enthusiast	Dec 2015	#60
You didn't want those grapes any way!	MohRokTah	Dec 2015	#61
The country loses if she wins. eom	Fawke Em	Dec 2015	#63
The country loses if Sanders wins. eom	MohRokTah	Dec 2015	#64

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