Letter to Congressional Task Force regarding briefing on proposed Continental Airlines purchase by employees

Title

Letter to Congressional Task Force regarding briefing on proposed Continental Airlines purchase by employees

Description

A letter from US Congressman Les AuCoin to staff contacts on the House Task Force on Industrial Innovation and Productivity regarding a briefing on a Continental Airlines purchase by employees of the company, dated April 16, 1981. In what he describes as "the fight for airline deregulation," AuCoin points out "the unique plan of Continental Airline's employees to buy controlling interest in their company and the plan's implications for industrial productivity and capital formation."

This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Identifier

PUA_MS147_476

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date

1981

Date Created

April 16, 1981

Spatial Coverage

United States

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Continental Airlines--History--20th century.

Industrial productivity--United States.

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text