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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) is a
labor union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
in the
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, that is affiliated with the
Office and Professional Employees International Union The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) is a trade union in the United States and Canada representing approximately 88,000 white-collar working people in the public and private sectors. It has members in all 50 US sta ...
(OPEIU, AFL-CIO, CLC). It is certified by the
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and currently represents air traffic controllers who work in private sector air traffic control towers, and is actively organizing controllers nationwide. PATCO signed an Alliance Agreement with the Teamsters Airline Division on October 15, 2008. The union also includes hundreds of former controllers fired during the 1981 strike by the previous union of the same name. PATCO uses the Federally Registered Trade Mark original union's logo to strengthen its claim to the PATCO lineage.


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National Air Traffic Controllers Association The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is a labor union in the United States. It is affiliated with the AFL–CIO, and is the exclusive bargaining representative for air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Admini ...
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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (AFSCME) Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO/AFSCME) is a United States labor union which represents air traffic controllers at a number of locations. PATCO/AFSCME is a division of the Federation of Physicians & Dentists–Alliance ...


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website. * http://www.bulletinboards.com/patco PATCO Picket Line * http://www.patcounion.org PATCO Union Tower site Trade unions in the United States Air traffic controllers' trade unions International Brotherhood of Teamsters Air traffic control in the United States Trade unions established in 1996 {{Aviation-org-stub