UPS management tried … Hier finden Sie alle aktuellen Wechsel, Wechselgerüchte und aktuellen Kader der DEL-Clubs, "Ron Carey, Who Led Teamsters Reforms, Dies at 72. [10] Raised in Astoria and Long Island City,[9] he graduated from Haaren High School in Manhattan and was offered entry into St. John's University on a swimming scholarship. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [11] More than 475,000 ballots were cast in the election. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [33] Carey was cleared by the IRB of all charges in July 1994. ", Raab, Selwyn. Ron earned sympathy strokes as Carl Levitt, a brown-nosing, eager-beaver patrolman who yearned to be a plainclothes detective in Barney's police agency, but just didn't measure up because of his vertically challenged stature. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Carey Takes the Wheel. ", American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Greenhouse, Steven. [93] On October 22, the IRB accused William Hamilton, the union's former political director, of conspiring with Nash, Davis, Ansara, and others in the donation kickback scheme. ", Carey purchased and sold seven homes and condominiums from 1979 to 1992 in New York, Florida and Arizona. [1][19] Other candidates in the election included: R.V. "Overseers Are Asked To Let Ex-President Remain in Teamsters. "Schism and Suit After a Teamster Strike. [96], In late September, the re-run of the Teamsters presidential election was set for January 1998, albeit with much stricter limits on campaign contributions and greater disclosure requirements. [3] Nash agreed to raise $300,000 and Davis agreed to raise the rest. [71] The union also established a strike Web site which it updated every few hours, established a system for faxing negotiating and strike bulletins to locals, set up a toll-free hot line for striking workers, and worked to ensure that part-timer workers supported full-timer workers and vice versa. [9], During his tenure as Local 804 president, Carey took two years of correspondence courses at home, two years of courses at the Xavier Institute for Labor Management Relations (a highly influential Catholic labor school), and six months of labor management courses at Cornell University. "Longtime Teamster Fighting a Penalty: No Union Contact. Chris Kutalik, The Teamsters Today: An Interview with Ron Carey, Labor Notes, March 01, 2006, available here. [86] The Independent Review Board opened its own inquiry into the financial scandal on August 27. "Once Again, the Hoffa Name Rouses the Teamsters' Union. "U.S. Officials Ending Monitoring of Teamsters' Finances. [49] It was the first national strike against UPS. ", Greenhouse, Steven and Van Natta, Don, Jr. "Carey Aware of Fraud Scheme, Some Aides Reportedly Tell U.S.", Greenhouse, Steven. But just three months later, Carey took a leave of absence as president due to the ongoing investigation into his 1996 re-election campaign. [42] By mid-August 1995, Carey had trusteed 51 of the union's 651 local unions (mostly on the recommendations of the Independent Review Board). Ron Carey (in photo), general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for a crucial period during the Nineties, was a classic case. [71] The union also circulated a petition which obtained 100,000 member signatures supporting its negotiating strategy, held numerous small rallies four months ahead of the strike deadline to identify and overcome problems with member mobilization, distributed 50,000 whistles for use at rallies, distributed hundreds of thousands of pro-union stickers, and forced local unions to build effective communications networks. [67] The refunds constituted nearly 10 percent of Carey's total campaign fund-raising. [64] Federal officials overseeing the election confirmed the victory the next day,[11] and certified the election on January 10, 1997. Ron Carey, a parcel truck driver from Queens who became president of the Teamsters union and led a successful strike by 185,000 workers against United … I was one of those people. Durham, leader of the Teamsters in North Carolina and generally considered the front-runner in the campaign (he had the backing of a majority of the union's executive board); Walter Shea, a veteran union staffer from Washington, D.C.; and Carey. [46] A month later, Carey led the union through a long strike against the national trucking industry. [10][12] At the age of 18, he married Barbara Murphy, a girl who lived in the apartment above him. [78] The union agreed to a five-year contract rather than the proposed four-year deal. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [54], Carey and Hoffa battled fiercely at the Teamsters' convention in July 1996. "Teamsters' Union Staff Members Cite Pressure For Donations. [81][85] The report did not, however, conclude that Carey knew of the transactions and referred the matter to federal prosecutors for further investigation. [60] Ansara's wife, Barbara Arnold, then made a $95,000 contribution to the Carey re-election effort days later. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Teamster's President Ron Carey greets union members at the annual Labor Day parade on September 4, 1995 in New York City. [103] A second delay was sought and granted in January 1998. ", Ravo, Nick. See more of Teamsters president Ron carey on Facebook Teamsters president Ron carey. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [79] The 50-person Teamsters bargaining committee and conference of 200 UPS locals ratified the agreement on August 19. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. "Delivery Strike Leader; Ronald Robert Carey. "Teamster Local Accepts Trustee to Replace Chief. [3] On October 6, Ansara went to California and met with 300 wealthy donors to liberal causes. [10][11][12], In 1989, Carey announced that he would run for president of the Teamsters union. [19] Although James P. Hoffa, son of disappeared Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa and a long-time Teamsters union attorney, tried to enter the race for president, a federal official ruled that he did not qualify under the union's eligibility rules. [9] Although Local 804 had always negotiated its own contract with UPS, the national union forced the local to participate in the national master contract in 1979. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Teamster Chiefs Continue Fight Against Audits. "Labor Unions Plan A Teamster Loan to Sustain Strike. [109] The Independent Review Board expelled Ron Carey for life from the Teamsters union on July 27, 1998. ", Greenhouse, Steven. "4 Teamsters Officials Ousted Over Insurance Fraud Charge. [8], Steven Brill devoted an entire chapter to Carey in his 1978 book, The Teamsters, which drew attention to the local leader and launched his national career within the Teamsters. "Teamsters President Becomes Grand Jury Witness. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Teamster Chief Outmaneuvers Foes at Meeting. ", Johnston, David. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Nash and Davis concluded a direct mail and phone bank effort would cost $700,000, money the Carey campaign did not have. UPS officials later said they offered to make significant compromises similar to those contained in the eventual contract (including withdrawal of its pension proposal), but Carey disputed that account and said the company's last proposal contained little that was new. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [46] But Teamsters members turned down the dues hike proposal by a 3-to-1 majority in March 1994,[48] and as Carey predicted the union was forced to borrow money from other unions to continue operating. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [62][63] Carey declared victory on December 15, 1996. ", Greenhouse, Steven and Van Natta, Don, Jr. "Proposed Deal With Democrats Draws Focus of Investigators in Teamsters Election. [23] U.S. Department of Justice officials began an investigation into the accusations in June 1994. [60] Hoffa asserted that, at the direction of President Carey, the Teamsters union had paid $97,000 to Michael Ansara, owner of a Massachusetts-based direct mail firm, for get-out-the-vote work in the 1996 Presidential and Congressional elections—work which was not done. [111], James P. Hoffa won election as President of the Teamsters union on December 5, 1998. [25][58] Hoffa attacked Carey for being a "chicken" and a "scaredy cat", and blasted Carey's campaign literature as "slimy pieces of half-truths". ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Teamsters Chief Expects Convention Challenges. Carey proposed the dues hike in February 1994. [7], Carey continued to protest the lifetime ban on Teamster membership for many years. "A Victory for Labor, but How Far Will It Go? [8] He was also very active in the American Parkinson Disease Association (he was elected its national vice president in 1971), and sat on the boards of the American Cancer Society and Boys Clubs. Carey was ousted as president of the Teamsters in 1996, following a fundraising scandal January 25, … [18] Carey was strongly criticized by union members and leaders for mishandling the strike, and UPS eventually sued the union for $50 million in damages. [55] Carey ordered a voice vote on the motion, announced that the motion was defeated, and ignored calls for a division of the house. [11][12] He and his father pooled their money and bought a home for both families in Kew Gardens, Queens. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Carey had ordered Teamsters staff and local leaders to begin preparing for a strike against UPS a year before the contract expiration deadline. ", Janofsky, Michael. ", Carey was not a member of Teamsters for a Democratic Union. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Carey was ousted as president of the Teamsters in 1996, following a fundraising scandal January 25, … ", "Judge Refuses to Set Union Election Schedule. Ron Carey died of lung cancer at New York Hospital Queens in New York City at age 72 on December 11, 2008. Ron, whose character finally received a promotion after the long haul, stayed with the popular show until its cancellation in 1982. [10] He vigorously opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and pledged political retaliation against members of Congress who did. ", Gerthwith, Jeff and Weiner, Tim. "Hoffa Is Faulted for Past Ties. Newspapers in English Durham and Walter Shea. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 17. Former union boss Ron Carey, who assumed the International Brotherhood of Teamsters presidency in 1992 promising to purge the union of mob influence only to be ousted in 1997 amid a financial scandal, died Thursday. [106][107], On November 25, 1997, Ron Carey took a leave of absence from the Teamsters, just hours before the Independent Review Board accused him of illegally using union money to fund his 1996 re-election campaign and failing to meet his fiduciary duties. [69] Ansara pleaded guilty to conspiracy and admitted he had used the union's money to reimburse his wife for her donations to the Carey re-election effort. ", Raab, Selwyn. "Teamster Vote Under a Cloud In a Fraud Case. [81] The report revealed that the donations kickback scheme included Citizen Action. He argued that his court vindication had proven the IRB wrong for expelling him, and that a lifetime ban should be applied only to those Teamsters associated with organized crime—not officials who may have engaged in other sorts of wrongdoing.[117]. "8 Million Vanishes At Union. NEW YORK — Ron Carey, a parcel truck driver from Queens County who became president of the Teamsters union and led a successful strike by … ", Greenhouse, Steven. [111] The IRB concluded Carey breached his fiduciary duty, but that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that he approved or knew about the donation kickback scheme. The IRB had concluded that Carey supporter William Hogan was running the local for his own benefit, but Carey's action led Hogan to endorse Hoffa—a serious blow to Carey's re-election chances. Many locals did not establish picket lines (although company operations in the Northeast were heavily disrupted), and the company refused to enforce to the lower weight limit. He was the first Teamsters president to testify widely in front of Congress. ", United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, "Teamster Chief Won't Seek Re-election in '91. [24] In his first few months in office, Carey defeated a disaffiliation attempt by flight attendants working for Northwest Airlines (and later refused to agree to a contract in which the Teamsters would win a 30 percent ownership stake in Northwest in return for $886 million in contract concessions),[26] renegotiated a contract for truck drivers (carhaulers) who ferried automobiles from ports and factories to dealers, and defeated an attempt by the Safeway grocery store chain to contract out its trucking operations. Ron Carey (* 22.März 1936 in New York City; † 12. [4][82][83] Davis also met with members of the Clinton-Gore campaign, and suggested that the Teamsters would make major donations to Democratic state parties if wealthy donors (who, for whatever reason, might be prohibited by law from donating to political parties) would make donations to the Carey re-election bid. [118] He was critical of the policies of his successor, particularly the centralization of authority in the international headquarters, business-model organizing, and giving Teamsters officials permission to draw multiple salaries again. ", "Ron Carey: 10 Years Since the UPS Strike - Part 2. [60] Hoffa claimed the donation was pivotal because it permitted the Carey campaign to make a last-minute anti-Hoffa mailing. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", Raab, Selwyn. Carey was barred from running for president the same day he announced his leave of absence, and he was permanently ejected from the union in July 1998. Dezember 2008 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Gewerkschafter und von 1991 bis 1999 Präsident der International Brotherhood of Teamsters.. Ron Carey war der erste Präsident der „Teamsters“, der von seinen Mitgliedern in … ", Bradsher, Keith. "After Vote, Labor Is Bitter But Big Business Is Elated. [1][2] He ran for re-election in 1996 and won, but in 1997 federal investigators discovered that the Carey campaign had engaged in an illegal donation kickback scheme to raise more than $700,000 for the 1996 re-election effort. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [28] There were also claims that Carey had improperly intervened in a jurisdictional dispute between two Teamster locals. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", Weiser, Benjamin. [25][43] The changes did not come without a backlash. [72], As the August 1, 1997, strike deadline approached, the talks broke down. "Takeover Bid By Teamsters To Run Local. [48] But after 17 days the strike began to slowly die, and Carey agreed to federal mediation in order to win a new contract. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [71], Carey's strike preparation efforts paid off when talks between the company and union broke down and 185,000 union members struck on August 4, 1997. Carey was removed from office in 1998 by the federal government’s Independent Review Board. [25] He twice ordered his own salary cut, from $225,000 in 1991 to $175,000 in 1994. "Teamster Counterrevolution: Why It Nearly Won Election. ", Applebome, Peter. ", "Official Seeks Delay In Teamster Election. [112], The Teamsters sued Carey for unspecified damages in 2000 for approving $885,000 in political donations in exchange for contributions to Carey's re-election campaign. ", Sullivan, Ronald. There are cul­prits. "U.S. Investigates Campaign Gift to Teamster Chief. "For the Teamsters' Leader, U.P.S. ", Raab, Selwyn. [113], Carey was indicted on federal perjury charges in January 2001. Former Teamsters president Ron Carey indicted . ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", "Disqualification Upheld In Teamsters Election. [3] Davis sought out fund-raiser Michael Ansara to brainstorm ways to raise the funds. [47][73] Carey focused on just a handful of contract issues: That UPS create full-time positions rather than part-time positions in the future, convert several thousand part-time workers to full-time, increase part-time pay significantly, and remain in the union's multi-employer pension plan rather than create its own. effort. [32] Carey later admitted he had forged his wife's signature but claimed he did so with her permission. The report said that Carey had approved a $475,000 donation to Citizen Action, and that Citizen Action had donated $75,000 of this money to the Carey re-election effort. [4][5] Although a federal jury ultimately cleared him of all wrongdoing in the scandal, the lifetime ban remained in place until his death. ", Raab, Selwyn. "Despite Change, Reform Is Slow In the Teamsters. [9][16] Carey was highly critical of the UPS contract that the Teamsters, led by interim General President William J. McCarthy, had negotiated in 1990. [104][105] Hoffa was cleared of all major wrongdoing in late April 1998. ", Raab, Selwyn. Although they were never investigated for wrongdoing, a number of Clinton administration officials were interviewed regarding the kickback scheme, including former White House deputy chief of staff, The investigation later concluded that Trumka had also raised $50,000 for Carey; that. ", McFadden, Robert D. "New Teamster Chief's Motto: Honest Work for Honest Pay. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Although Carey had not been disqualified from being a candidate in the re-run election, new evidence and witnesses had caused federal officials to reconsider that opinion by mid-September. Carey proposed tripling the union's organizing budget to 10 percent from 3 percent, getting 10,000 union members to be volunteer organizers, and securing a commitment from 150 of the union's 651 locals to hire full-time organizers and set aside 15 percent of their budgets for recruiting new members. [43], Within the AFL-CIO, Carey was considered a reformer, and he supported challenger John Sweeney's run for president of the AFL-CIO in 1996. Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images Barbara Zack Quindel , who i was weighing whether to disqualify Carey from a rerun election against James P . He was later acquitted of all criminal charges and a multimillion dollar civil suit brought against him by Hoffa was After nearly 500,000 votes were cast in early November, 1996, Ron Carey had won the election with 52 percent of the vote. Federal investigators accused Carey of engaging in "halfhearted" reforms, permitting a Teamster with known organized crime links to oversee a corrupt local, hindering court-appointed trustees reforming locals, and setting up an ethical practices committee which did nothing to stop corruption. See: Kilborn, "Carey Takes the Wheel,", Shenon, Philip. "2 Teamsters Trade Barbs As Feud Gets More Heated. "Asserting Illegal Donations, Hoffa Challenges Balloting. ", Applebome, Peter. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", "Ron Carey: 10 Years Since the UPS Strike - Part 1. [67] Carey dismissed the allegations, claiming that it was mere "serendipity" that the donation came on the heels of the payment. Ron Carey the message stated, "was the first Democratically Elected Teamster President Remembered As A Corruption Fighter And Vindicated Reformer. It was an honor and a pleasure to work alongside Ron Carey as his Secretary-Treasurer and as a very close friend for many years. Hoffa, however, refused to concede, claiming 31,000 challenged ballots remained to be counted. Dezember 2008 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Gewerkschafter und von 1991 bis 1999 Präsident der International Brotherhood of Teamsters. "All Unions Have Stake In Teamsters' Elections. [3] Hoffa was also out-raising Carey in funds by more than 4-to-1, and the Carey campaign and outside fund-raising consultants were convinced much of Hoffa's funds were coming from organized crime sources. "Teamsters and U.P.S. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [55] Throughout the convention, Hoffa and his supporters introduced resolutions and constitutional amendments intended to transfer authority from the president and give it to local and regional offices. [1][20] Utilizing TDU's national mailing list, he raised $200,000 in mostly small contributions from Teamsters members and criss-crossed the country by car to meet with the union's membership. [100] Carey sued to have the disqualification overturned, but a U.S. district court and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit both refused his request. The union changed the provision to permit a majority to reject a proposed contract. [34] Although Carey did forge his wife's signature and asked a union employee to lie about it, the IRB concluded that Carey's wife had given him permission to sign her name and that the forgeries were unrelated to union activities. ", Greenhouse, Steven. "Teamster Group Debates Whether to Continue Backing Carey. "Parcel Strike Is Spreading Into Jersey. [115] Carey's trial began in August 2001,[116] and he was found not guilty on all charges on October 12, 2001. The Carey slate did not contest three of the seats on the Teamsters executive board. His opponents agreed that he had emerged politically stronger from the battle. Carey called a one-day strike on February 6, 1994, against UPS after the carrier doubled the allowable weight limit on packages. ", Greenhouse, Steve. [51], Carey also beefed up the union's organizing efforts, and stanched the loss of members. [30] In May 1994, Carey was accused of corruption regarding a number of real estate deals. "Yearlong Effort Key to Success For Teamsters. [2][22] Carey won with 48.5 percent of the vote to Durham's 33.2 percent and Shea's 18.3 percent. [11], Carey also significantly restructured the union's finances. März 1936 in New York City; † 12. The company lost $30 million to $50 million a day as it continued to pay non-striking workers to keep the company running. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [89] Carey repeated the charge several times over the next few months. ", Raab, Selwyn. "Teamsters' Head Returns More Disputed Campaign Donations. By Steve Early and Rand Wilson December 16, 2008 ", "Federal Judge Appoints a New Overseer for Teamsters' Election. [23] One organized crime figure, Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family, even said he had had a relationship with Carey in the 1960s and 1970s—statements Carey vigorously denied. [88] As Carey kicked off his second re-election bid, a federal grand jury began investigating whether the Teamsters' donations to the Democratic Party violated federal law. The Independent Review Board (IRB), a three-member panel created under a Federal court order in 1989 designed to help supervise the union's elections and rid it of corruption,[31] began an investigation into how Carey was able to finance hundreds of thousands of dollars in real estate investments and into who may have forged Carey's estranged wife's signature on several documents. Carey's slate, supported by TDU, also won nearly all of the seats on the International Executive Board. "The Free-Trade Accord; President Begins A Lobbying Blitz for Trade Accord. [72] If the union could win most of its negotiating goals at the bargaining table, Carey intended to use the new UPS contract to help organize workers at Federal Express and Overnite Transportation. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [43] The election was the most expensive in Teamsters history: Hoffa raised $1.3 million in contributions, while Carey raised $1.8 million and incurred $200,000 in debt. [90] Hoffa said all his donations had come in sums of less than $100, which did not have to be reported. Hoffa , ; resigned after new evidence : … One of those donors was a major fund-raiser for Citizen Action, a coalition of left-wing public interest organizations with chapters in 24 states. [5] Carey staunchly defended himself before the IRB, claiming that the accusations against him were based on the testimony of a single person (Jere Nash) who was trying to avoid prison time by implicating Carey. On July 30, the company presented its final offer, which the union rejected. Ron Carey newly elected. Ron Carey hatte immer sein Nichtwissen um die Vorgänge beteuert und wurde am 12. [61] The vote count proceeded very slowly, leading to protests from both candidates the vote-counting rules had been violated. [68] On June 6, 1997, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Davis on charges of conspiracy, embezzlement, and violations of federal labor law for masterminding the kickback scheme. Says Fears of Bigger Losses Made It Cut Deal. "With a Clear Lead, Teamsters President Is Claiming Victory. [57], Carey's re-election campaign was an exceptionally bitter and close one. [79] Carey quickly announced plans to boost organizing efforts at Federal Express, using the gains won in the UPS contract as a major selling point for the union. Robert Muehlenkam­p, Takoma Park The writer is a for­mer Team­ster gen­eral or­ga­niz­ing director and as­sis­tant to Team­ster Gen­eral Pres­i­dent Ron Carey. "Health Plan Of a Union Is Investigated. "Teamsters Chief, Despite Victory, Is Remaining Defiant. [65] Later analyses showed that Carey drew most of his support from Teamsters locals in the East and Deep South and Canada, Hoffa led in the Midwest, and the two candidates were neck and neck in the West. The donor and Ansara hatched a plan: In exchange for a $475,000 donation to Citizen Action, the Carey campaign would get a $100,000 donation from Citizen Action and Citizen Action would pay $75,000 to Ansara. [71] After two days of nearly continuous bargaining, UPS withdrew its pension demand. Ron Carey (* 22.März 1936 in New York City; † 12. [2], Changes and challenges came quickly during Carey's first term. ", "Queens Teamster Seeks Union's Top Office. [11][12] After several unsuccessful campaigns, Carey was elected Local 804 president in November 1967. ", "Hoffa Protests Handling of Federal Review of Vote. [50] The strike was considered a major test of Carey's credibility and his control of the union. [3][82], Five days after Carey's historic victory at the bargaining table in the UPS strike, details of the donations kickback scheme were unveiled by the court-appointed federal official overseeing the union's elections. In 1991, Ron Carey won a surprising victory in the first direct election for General President in the union's history, defeating two "old guard" candidates, R.V. [76][77] UPS also engaged in a strong public relations effort (using full-page newspaper advertisements and pressuring customers to ask the President to invoke Taft-Hartley), but most observers as well as some UPS officials agreed that the union had the better P.R. [83] Three staff members at the Teamsters testified in mid-October that they were pressured to give more than $1,000 to the Carey campaign or lose their jobs. "Labor Pact Is Ratified At U.P.S. [74] UPS executives asked President Bill Clinton to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act, which would force the union back to work, but the President said that the conditions required by the Act had not been met. [35] In January 1994, he trusteed Local 732 to remove it from the influence of the Lucchese crime family,[36] and trusteed Local 851 (which represented workers at John F. Kennedy International Airport) for being under the influence of organized crime as well. [66] Hoffa had the support of a large majority of these local leaders, and they ensured that the Hoffa message reached the rank and file and the Carey message did not.[66]. ", Manegold, Catherine S. "Mediation Set For Teamsters And Truckers In Walkout. Auch die Wiederwahl 1996 gelang ihm, obwohl er gegen James P. Hoffa – den Sohn von Jimmy Hoffa – antreten musste. "No Talks, and Very Few Deliveries, in United Parcel Strike. [25] He undertook two initiatives in this area. He defeated Tom Leedham, 55 percent to 39 percent (with a third candidate garnering 6 percent). ", Greenhouse, Steven. Joseph and Loretta Carey died within three days of one another in 1992. "Union Leaders Accused of Bilking Local. "Hoffa Will Lead Teamsters After Chief Rival Concedes. 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