Richard Nixon actually said...

I recommend that the emergency strike provisions of the Railway Labor Act be discontinued and that railroad and airline strikes and lockouts be subject to a new law--one which draws upon our experience under the Taft-Hartley Act.

Context

Special Message to the Congress on Labor Disputes in the Transportation Industry.

02/26/1970

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