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John Hanrahan and Pete Tucker appearing on The Zero Hour
When The Washington Post pressmen’s strike of 1975 isn’t being misremembered , it’s not being remembered at all. The event has been all but erased from history – there’s not even a Wikipedia entry for it. Yet the effects of the strike are still being felt today, including by Post reporters and workers who are currently fighting for a contract .
The forgotten pressmen’s strike was a precursor to Ronald Reagan busting the air traffic controllers’ union, which marked a turning point in labor history. “After all, if… one of the leading newspapers in the country takes a strong stand against its own unions and busts them in a very primitive fashion, then why not do it on the national level?” said former Post reporter John Hanrahan.