“Not well-regarded here in Pittsburgh. His hostile takeover activity cost the area a lot of jobs in the late 70’s.”
I am sure that unions and their strikes had nothing to do with that ...
No. Unions do no wrong here in Pittsburgh. Many blame Reagan for the steel industry collapse. Any motivated 4th grader could see that Reagan had nothing to do with that, but many old timers in Western PA will repeat what their union told them verbatim and won’t listen to facts.