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FRONTLINE: BATTLE FOR EASTERN, PART 1

Donald Trump's purchase of Eastern Airlines' shuttle focused national attention once again on the fight for this troubled airline. Now, Frontline's Robert Kuttner chronicles the saga of Eastern's ongoing labor-management disputes and the behind-the-scenes struggles between the machinists' union and Texas Air. Aired: 31 January 1989

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