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spazzmann

(748 posts) Fri Aug 3, 2012, 09:41 AM Aug 2012

Today in Peace and Justice history on August 3, 1981

Nearly 13,000 of the nation’s 17,500 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), went on strike. After six months of negotiations with PATCO Pres. Robert Poli, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had offered less than 10% of what the union... continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

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Today in Peace and Justice history on August 3, 1981 (Original Post) spazzmann Aug 2012 OP

The trickle down President who wanted the working people to pull themselves up midnight Aug 2012 #1

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1. The trickle down President who wanted the working people to pull themselves up

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 10:11 AM

Aug 2012

by their own boot straps, started to put big business on welfare... and today corporations are considered people... Who could of known.....

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