• BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    During that one term, he managed to pass a law that took away federal employees’ right to strike. Reagan later used this law to fire something like 10,000 air traffic controllers for going on strike. What he managed to do during that one term was deal a massive, if not fatal, blow to organized labor in the US.

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      1 year ago

      Hey, thanks for educating me. I wasn’t alive during the 70s and, frankly, not once in my entire life has anyone even thought to have a serious conversation with me about Jimmy Carter’s presidency. Now that I know, I know. President Carter really ought to have vetoed that anti-labor legislation!