![TIME Magazine Cover: Controller's Strike - Aug. 17, 1981 - Transportation - Aviation - Air Safety - Airlines - Transportation - Labor Unions - Labor & Employment TIME Magazine Cover: Controller's Strike - Aug. 17, 1981 - Transportation - Aviation - Air Safety - Airlines - Transportation - Labor Unions - Labor & Employment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/archive/covers/1981/1101810817_400.jpg)
TIME Magazine Cover: Controller's Strike - Aug. 17, 1981 - Transportation - Aviation - Air Safety - Airlines - Transportation - Labor Unions - Labor & Employment
![New York Times OTD on X: "The front page #OTD in 1981. President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. #nytimes https://t.co/GLZfDxOZFo" / New York Times OTD on X: "The front page #OTD in 1981. President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. #nytimes https://t.co/GLZfDxOZFo" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZemcmcX0AE6U_7.png)
New York Times OTD on X: "The front page #OTD in 1981. President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. #nytimes https://t.co/GLZfDxOZFo" /
![33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother Jones 33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/ap8108071146-master.jpg?w=1200&h=630&crop=1)
33 Years Ago: Reagan Goes Union-Busting, Fires 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers – Mother Jones
![A LOOK BACK | Air traffic controllers strike; Matsunaka weighs Owens challenge | News | coloradopolitics.com A LOOK BACK | Air traffic controllers strike; Matsunaka weighs Owens challenge | News | coloradopolitics.com](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/coloradopolitics.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/93/19398917-19cb-50b5-af1a-cd4ed070f404/610d652ed5b58.image.jpg?crop=1031%2C1031%2C56%2C148&resize=1200%2C1200&order=crop%2Cresize)
A LOOK BACK | Air traffic controllers strike; Matsunaka weighs Owens challenge | News | coloradopolitics.com
Teamsters History - Today in Labor History we take a look back at the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers strike. It is common knowledge that Reagan fired all 11,359 of the workers for
![OTD in History… August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fires striking air traffic controllers | History Musings OTD in History… August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fires striking air traffic controllers | History Musings](https://historymusings.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/87b24-1jfg-5d8hzbops5cov9i7ra.jpeg)