Air traffic controllers were victimized by their union who imagined that somehow they could get away with extortion pure and simple. Both the traffic controllers and their union lost that one. And they should have known better considering Reagan's background with the Actors' Guild and California Governorship. The same kind of union nonsense is happening right now. Teachers are currently not happy with their unions and the representation they are (not) getting from their unions who are too busy sucking up to the Democrats. That's why the recall battle in Wisconsin is so important. If the unions lose there, it's going to undercut seriously their survival and political power in other states as well. And that would cost the Democrats as well.
The first REAL battle of the next election is happening right now in Wisconsin