The Nation - News from Feb. 13, 1987
Organizers for the nation’s air traffic controllers, whose union was broken up by President Reagan following an illegal strike in 1981, have won the right to conduct a labor election, officials said. The Federal Labor Relations Authority said organizers for the new union have submitted about 5,800 signatures from the controllers seeking government recognition as a labor union.
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