Companies Are Losing the Battle Against Workers, And They Want You to Pay For It

Have you visited any dollar store lately? Nothing is a dollar anymore. Every item is now priced between $1 to $5. Let me explain why this is happening. On August 3, 1981, about 13,000 of the 17,500 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) members, a United States trade union, staged a <a href="https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/american-air-traffic-controllers-strike-benefits-and-pay-1981" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">walkout and strike</a>. This move threw the country's air travel into chaos and challenged President Ronald Reagan's ability to run the country, especially since President Reagan attempted to resolve the issue during his campaign by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Air_Traffic_Controllers_Organization_(1968)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">sending a letter </a>to Robert E. Poli, the new president of PATCO. <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/companies-are-losing-the-battle-against-workers-and-they-want-you-to-pay-for-it-a5e8df3595ce">Learn More</a>