Ronald Reagan Standing up to an Illegal Strike
As part of the series ‘When Character Counted,’ we learn President Reagan stood firm during his first crisis in office—a testament to his strength of character.
By Jeff Minick
4/20/2025 Updated: 4/20/2025
On Aug. 3, 1981, more than 13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) went on strike for higher wages, more benefits, and fewer hours in the workplace. Discarding an earlier agreement reached with the Federal Aviation Administration, the union now demanded a 100 percent increase for the lowest paid members’ salaries. They walked off the job confident that their strike, which would likely bring the nation to its knees, would be successful.
They were wrong.
On that same day, President Ronald Reagan confronted this crisis head-on by addressing the press and the American people from the Rose Garden. He pointed out that while he sympathized with strikes in the private sector—Reagan had led a 1960 strike as president of the Screen Actors Guild, which was affiliated with the AFL-CIO—strikes against the government were forbidden by law. Moreover, he noted that each of these employees, like other federal employees, had signed a sworn affidavit when entering government service that they would not at any time participate in a strike. By any measure, the strike was illegal.
Then Reagan delivered the words that shocked the strikers and the nation: “I must tell those who fail to report for duty this morning, they are in violation of the law and that if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated.”
On Aug. 5, 1981, true to his word, Reagan fired the 11,345 air traffic controllers who refused to heed his warning.
This move had potential dire consequences both for the nation and for the president. Some news commentators feared the collapse of U.S. air travel—many flights had already been canceled because of the strike. Moreover, PATCO was one of the few unions to endorse Reagan for his 1980 run at the presidency. The firings would likely widen the canyon separating unions from the Republican Party.
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