Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO/AFSCME) is a

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labor union which represents

air traffic controllers Air traffic control specialists, abbreviated ATCS, are personnel responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. Usually stationed in air traffic control centers and control ...

at a number of locations. PATCO/AFSCME is a division of the Federation of Physicians & Dentists–

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, an affiliate of the

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States. It represents 1.3 million public sector employees and retirees, including health care workers, correct ...

(AFSCME).

External links

* Air traffic controllers' trade unions American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees {{Aviation-org-stub