I've been 'management' in every job that I ever had. I refuse to work in a union environment.
Maybe that's why I can't understand 'the most powerful man in the free world' is ignored by bureaucrats whose union represents 5% of the workforce.
Reagan fired all of the air traffic controllers and the union couldn't do anything about it. Why is this different? Or is it that 'the man' is different?
There's a huge difference.
The air traffic controllers broke the law by going on strike. Reagan didn't really "fire" then - they actually "quit" by striking. If they hadn't gone on strike - Reagan couldn't have fired them. (By the way - I was hired as a replacement air traffic controller in 1982).
Now if Condi or Bush could convince the Foggy Bottom employees to go on strike - THEN they could fire them all.
Apples and Oranges.