“Not postal workers though; illegal to strike (I am USPS emp. since 86)”
Utility workers are the same way. We can’t strike, and they (the company) can’t lock us out.
Air Traffic Controllers—fired by Reagan.
Essential workers.
In 70 there was the U.S. Post Office
dept under control of President.
Nationwide strike—Nixon ordered Nat.
Guard to sort mail.
When settled the US Postal Service was
created—no strike but ability to
collectively bargain.
Unions:
American Postal Workers
Nat Assoc of Letter Carriers
MailHandlers Union
Small strike 1978, some
employers fired.
Libcom:
“After the strike was broken, 125 workers were fired, 130 were temporarily suspended, 2,500 received letters of warning, the union memberships did not ratify the proposed settlement, and an arbitrated contract settlement was imposed.
The 1978 wildcat strike was the largest strike of federal employees since the massive 1970 walkout of 173,000 postal workers during the creation of the USPS and the institution of federal employee collective bargaining. The 1978 Bulk wildcat strike was not surpassed in size among federal employees until 11,500 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) struck in August 1981.
Dave Cline was one of the Bulk workers who was fired and never got his job back. A vigorous three year amnesty campaign was successful in restoring many strikers to their jobs, but Dave was one of a few denied reinstatement because of his leadership role in the wildcat. Dave eventually got another job as a toll keeper for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) “