The reason I say that is partly because at that time the labor movement overall was sort of caught napping a bit.
PHILIP DRAY (Author, "There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America"): Well, one that comes to my mind is - almost seems like a bookend to it - is the 1981 PATCO strike, in which President Reagan fired 11,000 air traffic controllers. Is there a chapter in labor history that the current attempts to reduce the negotiating power of public employees in Wisconsin and several other states, is there a chapter that this reminds you of? Philip Dray's spectacular narrative history of the American labor movement reads like a novel, filled with dramatic acts of barbarism and bravery. She wrote: In the late 19th century, ordinary people - mill girls, garment workers and miners - embraced the revolutionary idea that by joining together they might better their lives. Dray is the author of the book "There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America." FRESH AIR book critic Maureen Corrigan listed it as one of her favorite books of 2010. We asked Philip Dray to take a look back at the labor movement. A recent New York Times article said labor experts describe these bills as the largest assault on collective bargaining in recent memory, striking at the heart of an American labor movement that has already atrophied. Republicans in state legislatures of Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio are trying to cut back collective bargaining rights for workers in the public sector.
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