Links and Resources

www.patco81.com               Official website of PATCO

www.sheilatakesabow.com  Stephanie Saxe's short comedy

www.paddackbooks.com      Link to purchase Terry Paddack's novel Crossing  Runways, a page-turner based on the strike

www.brianpowerwaters.com   Capt. Power-Waters was grounded in 1981 for not flying during the strike

www.civitaband.com               Band out of Olympia, Wash. - lead singer is the daughter of a PATCO striker

 

                                                                                                       

 

*The following institutions have archived materials of PATCO:

            GSU has most of the paperwork from the National Office

                   UTA has some National Office, but more of the individual locals.

*Links are forthcoming from the Universities.

Recommended reading list will be amended over time:

    COMING IN 2006! The updated version of:

    The Air Controllers' Controversy; lessons from the PATCO Strike Dr. Arthur Shostak &

        David Skocik  - a scholarly work imprinted with compassion for the strikers. Written by a labor professor and a striking controller. Originally published in 1986 

    Silent Skies: The Air Traffic Controllers' Strike Willis J. Nordlund  - excellent book, thoroughly footnoted; out of print

 

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