Prof. Joseph McCartin and former PATCO spokesperson Elliot Simons explain why other organized labor didn’t strike in solidarity with PATCO workers Story Transcript JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieuxin Baltimore. And welcome to part two of our conversation about the anniversary of then president Ronald Reagan’s firing 11,000 […]
Author Archives: Joseph McCartin
Joseph A. McCartin is professor of history and director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. He is an expert on 20th Century U.S. labor history who studies the intersection of politics and labor policy. He is the author of Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America.
