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Fired the nation’s unionized air traffic controllers

This one is very complicated. I think that "fired" means something like shot?

Unionized air traffic controllers - Can you please explain "air traffic controllers? Does controllers has something to do with people or not? Many thanks.

Yet starting in the 1980s and with increasing ferocity since then, private-sector employers have fought against unions. Corporate raiders demanded that companies boost share prices by busting unions or moving to non-union states. Ronald Reagan’s administration fired the nation’s unionized air traffic controllers and launched an all-out assault on workers’ rights, concentrating even more power in the hands of corporate executives.

  

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anonymous I think that "fired" means something like shot? fired them ~ dismissed them from their jobs anonymous Can you please explain "air traffic controllers? Does controllers has something to do with people or not?

  • anonymous I think that "fired" means something like shot?
  • fired them ~ dismissed them from their jobs anonymous Can you please explain "air traffic controllers?
  • Does controllers has something to do with people or not?
  • Yes.
  • They are people who control air traffic, particularly at airports.
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anonymousI think that "fired" means something like shot?

fired them ~ dismissed them from their jobs

anonymousCan you please explain "air traffic controllers? Does controllers has something to do with people or not?

Yes. They are people who control air traffic, particularly at airports. They make sure that planes

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