US Labor History
1980-1989
- 1980
- President Ronald Reagan is elected President of the United States
of America
- Joyce Miller of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
becomes the first woman to
- sit on the AFL-CIO executive board
-
- 1981
- President Ronald Reagan fires most of the nation's air traffic controllers
for striking illegally and
- orders their union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association,
decertified.
- 400,000 unionists, he largest labor rally in American history takes
place in Washington in protest
- against the policies of the Reagan administration
- Baseball Players' Strike
-
- 1983
- Phelps-Dodge Copper Strike begins
-
- 1984
- Hormel Meatpackers Strike
- President Ronald Reagan is reelected President of the United States
of America
- Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike
-
- 1985
- Hormel Meatpackers' Strike begins
- Los Angeles County Sanitation District Strike
- Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike
-
- 1986
- Trans World Airlines Flight Attendants' Strike
- USX (United States Steel) Lockout begins
-
- 1987
- Professional Football Players' Strike
-
- 1988
- 60,000 Home Care Workers Strike in NY
- President George Bush is elected President of the United States
of America
-
- 1989
- Eastern Airlines Workers' Strike
- Mine Workers' Strike against Pittston Coal Company
-
-
-
- Back to Main Page