When airline workers in the US downed tools, the government took swift action — and SA should too.
30 June 2022 - 12:00Image:As a former broadcast journalist based in Washington DC, I was present when the US traffic controllers went on strike, paralysing the entire country's airlines.
President Ronald Reagan’s response was swift. He fired all striking air traffic controllers and banned them from working in that job for 10 years. The US Air Force took over, and flights resumed within 24 hours. The 10-year ban remained and the strikers had to seek new jobs. Many of them became taxi drivers.
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