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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by cratermoon on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:52PM (#34151398)
That's a "beatings will continue until morale improves" message.
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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by paganel on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @01:26PM (#34151866)
That's also an excellent ad for why unions are needed.
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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by tpmoney on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:17PM (#34153946)
Aren't most airline employees in a union?
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Re:Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours by cratermoon on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:44PM (#34155504)
Air traffic controllers had a union until 1981, when Reagan's aw-shucks niceness led him to abruptly and unilaterally disband PATCO and fire all the striking controllers. PATCO had endorsed Reagan in the 1980 presidential election.
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