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By WILLIAM YARDLEY, New York Times: Obituaries
Sun, 09/21/2014 - 8:29pm

Mr. Poli received harsh criticism after the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike in 1981 as President Ronald Reagan responded by dismissing 11,500 controllers in what is now viewed as a seminal moment in the decline of organized labor.

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