red for strike action. Within a week after the anne FAA was operating within 70 percent of city utilizing nonstriking controllers, military retirees, and supervisors. Four hours after the of the strike, President Reagan wamed the strikers y must return to work within 48 hours or face w terminating after 48 hours? Should more controllers have stayed on the job rather than heeding the call to strike, given the President's warning of discharge? Evaluate the relative bargaining power of PATCO and the FAA based on the model outlined in this chapter and outline the best strategic alternatives available to the parties, CASE 9.2 State Case Study: Minnesota State and Professional Employees Strike of 2001 strated by the positions held by the State of Minnesota con The state provided factual information to newspapers ring wage rate increases and the employer's share of the and television news about its offer on wage rates together stof health insurance benefits, almost 25,000 employees with the amounts in dollars provided by the state toward sented by the American Federation of State County, and employee health care. At the inception of the strike, a nicipal Employees (AFSCME) and the Minnesota number of employees, estimated by the unions and the state sociation of Professional Employees (MAPE) conducted a to be up to 13 percent of the employees in the bargaining Dis that lasted 14 days. In an attempt to gain the support of units eligible to strike, did not join the strike. As the strike te public, the unions placed pickets espousing their positions progressed, additional employees on strike began to go nd arguments for their positions along pubic highways, back to work out of frustration that the public appeared to be buntown streets, and shopping centers into places more in in support of the state's positions rather than that in front of state and universildings of the union