Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization | |
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Founded | 1968 |
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Dissolved | 1981 |
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Members | 13,000 |
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The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) was a United States trade union that operated from 1968 until its decertification in 1981 following an illegal strike broken by the Reagan administration; in striking, the union violated 5 U.S.C. (Supp. III 1956) 118p (now 5 U.S.C. § 7311), which prohibits strikes by federal government employees.