I think the thing that you misunderstand is that this was in no way a "private conflict". This was a public safety job in the employ of the FAA - a federal gove

I think the thing that you misunderstand is that this was in no way a "private conflict". This was a public safety job in the employ of the FAA - a federal government job. In this role, unions are allowed but strikes are NOT and this is taken very seriously. The fired workers had to sign and swear an official oath, exactly like members of the armed services do, with the government that they would not strike. They were then given three days to reconsider, knowing their outcome. Most miscalculated. This is why they were fired. There can be sympathy, but only for the amazingly large disconnect between the union and the tenability of its position that so many went along with it. The firings were extremely clear cut legally in this case. Not just illegal from a labor law sense - criminally illegal. For context, please see the following. Reagan was at one time the president of Screen Actors Guild and a lifetime member of the AFL-CIO. He presided over the SAG's first strike. He knows what is legal and what is not: https://web.archive.org/web/20160123122143/https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/80381a.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160123122143/https://www.reaga...