This is a trick question? Right?
Not only did Reagan bust their control. He fired them ... all.
Doh, forgot about that. Living in California will do that to ya.
Too bad Reagan didn’t go after the other 99.99% of the Federal employees. But it sure was nice to see the Federal no-strike law finally used 30 years after passage. And after other presidents had opportunities to use it. I was working with a guy who quit and became an air-traffic controller right after that strike.
Not all the controllers were fired btw, 10-20% crossed. Although, I think the vote to strike was like near unanimous. But that’s union math for you.