[71] But on August 12, the AFL-CIO announced it would loan the Teamsters $10 million a week until the strike ended. He was the first Teamsters president to testify widely in front of Congress. "Candidates Emerge to Take on Hoffa. [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. Er galt als Hoffnungskandidat, der die unrühmliche Kette seiner Vorgänger durchbrechen sollte, und führte 1997 die Gewerkschaft in einen erfolgreichen 15-Tage-Streik gegen UPS. [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. "Teamsters Agree to U.S. [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. [111] "A fair inference to be drawn from all the facts is that Carey closed his eyes because he knew or suspected that those contributions were to generate a personal benefit for him, i.e., benefits to his campaign," the Board concluded. ", Applebome, Peter. I was one of those people. ", Raab, Selwyn. "Union Leaders Accused of Bilking Local. "A Victory for Labor, but How Far Will It Go? [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). ", Greenhouse, Steven. "3 Teamster Aides Make Guilty Pleas and Hint At Plot. [71] Shop stewards at UPS received a seven-minute video about the negotiations, and delegates to the Teamsters convention in July 1996 received a "Countdown to Contract" booklet which outlined the union's negotiating and strike strategy and suggested ways locals could put pressure on the company. "Ex-President of Teamsters Is Charged With Lying. Former Teamsters president Ron Carey indicted . [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. "Teamsters President Becomes Grand Jury Witness. PITTSBURGH ( AP ) — The court-appointed officer probing the campaign of Teamsters President Ron Carey removed herself from the case Tuesday as Carey denied any part in an illegal fund-raising scheme that I "ripped off" his union . Pat Pagnanella Swears in Ron Carey as General President of the Teamsters in 1991Pat Pagnanella Former Local 804 Secretary-Treasurer Union workers have lost one of the greatest leaders in the labor movement. ", Greenhouse, Steven. The stock was sold back to the company by the estate in August 1992, and Carey was cleared of the charges. "U.S. Officials Ending Monitoring of Teamsters' Finances. ", Kutalik, Chris. "Despite Change, Reform Is Slow In the Teamsters. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Erstklassige Nachrichtenbilder in hoher Auflösung bei Getty Images "Hoffa Is Faulted for Past Ties. [3] Nash agreed to raise $300,000 and Davis agreed to raise the rest. [24] The fight to close the offices was a bitter one, and Carey eventually sought a federal preliminary injunction to enforce his right to physically enter and take charge of the offices. [91] He said that he had approved the large political donations to Citizen Action, the AFL-CIO, and other groups, but that he had relied too heavily on the advice of his aides and did not notice that the donations were much larger than in the past or were being made to some groups the Teamsters did not have long-standing relationships with. [83] During their plea hearing, Davis, Ansara, and Nash revealed in court that leaders of several other unions had given $20,000 to the Carey campaign in violation of federal laws barring union leaders from contributing to the election campaigns of candidates in other unions, and that Carey campaign officials had lied about these donations. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Teamster Chiefs Continue Fight Against Audits. 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. ", "Teamsters President Cleared in Issue of Conflict. ", Weiser, Benjamin. [71] But company officials also did not realize the importance of the union's early mobilization efforts, believed the union was too divided between the Carey and Hoffa camps to wage an effective strike, and believed thousands of Teamsters would cross the picket line to return to work. [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. [71], The UPS strike preparations also fed into Carey's effort to rebuild the union's organizing capacity. "Teamsters President's Real-Estate Deals Are Questioned. Teamster's President Ron Carey greets union members at the annual Labor Day parade on September 4, 1995 in New York City. On July 30, the company presented its final offer, which the union rejected. [9][10], The December 1991 election was the first in which Teamsters members elected the General President by direct secret ballot rather than through delegates hand-picked by local leaders. [30] In May 1994, Carey was accused of corruption regarding a number of real estate deals. The largest transaction involved a $341,000 house in the. [3] Davis sought out fund-raiser Michael Ansara to brainstorm ways to raise the funds. 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. [25] Carey derogatorily referred to Hoffa as "Junior," and denounced him as a "flunky" of the "old guard", "the same old mobbed-up, on-the-take teamster his daddy was", an "imposter," and all "smoke and mirrors. He was accused of making false statements to the grand jury in his August and October 1996 testimonies, and for lying to federal officials overseeing the Teamsters election and to the Independent Review Board. 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. [33] Carey said he financed all the investments though savings, loans from relatives, and his $1.9 million inheritance. [8][10][11] But he turned down college, enlisting in the Marines in 1953 and serving until 1955. [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. Carey received a number of death threats during his first term, and hired bodyguards to protect himself and his family. ", Greenhouse, Steven. "Teamsters' Union Staff Members Cite Pressure For Donations. "Bitter Battle for Teamsters' Leadership in New York. [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. [9][13] He ran for and was elected shop steward of the 7,000-member Local 804 in 1958 because he felt members weren't getting the services their dues paid for. [59] Carey repeatedly tried to link Hoffa to organized crime, and publicized the criminal past and mob ties of Hoffa associates and business partners. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Retiring Labor Chief Supports Deputy. ", "Judge Refuses to Set Union Election Schedule. [81] The report revealed that the donations kickback scheme included Citizen Action. ", "Hoffa Protests Handling of Federal Review of Vote. [21] Carey and his slate (which included a candidate for secretary-treasurer and 13 vice presidencies) swept the election. "In Strike Battle, Teamsters Borrow a Page From Politics. [81] Based on the report's findings, federal officials overturned the 1996 Teamsters presidential election, and called for new rules that would bar non-Teamsters from contributing to union election campaigns and establish a $1,000 contribution limit. [80], The donation kickback scheme which led to Carey's eventual expulsion from the Teamsters was created in July 1996. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Carey was ousted as president of the Teamsters in 1996, following a fundraising scandal January 25, … "Takeover Bid By Teamsters To Run Local. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [43] Hoffa accused Carey of overseeing the loss of 40,000 members, mismanaging the union's finances, agreeing to concessionary contracts, and corruption. [97], On November 17, 1997, a federal official overseeing the Teamsters disqualified Ron Carey from seeking elective office in the union, concluding that Carey knew of and approved the donation kickback scheme. [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. ", Sullivan, Ronald. "Yearlong Effort Key to Success For Teamsters. "Justice Department Is Reviewing Inquiry Into Teamsters Leader. [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. In 2007, Carey was researching and writing a book based on his experiences. [28] There were also claims that Carey had improperly intervened in a jurisdictional dispute between two Teamster locals. Nash and Davis concluded a direct mail and phone bank effort would cost $700,000, money the Carey campaign did not have. "Counting Starts In Race to Lead The Teamsters. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Teamsters Chief Raids Regional Offices. December 12, 2008: Ron Carey, a former UPS driver and Teamster president who set the standard for union leaders for courage and honesty and transformed the leadership of our union died yesterday at age 72. [8][9][10][11] He earned a reputation as a hard bargainer (by 1977, he had negotiated salary increases which doubled his members' 1968 hourly wages) and for being free from graft and the influence of organized crime. 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 … Teamster President Ron Carey holds a press conference 19 August at the Teamsters headquarters in Washington, DC, after reaching a tentative settlement with the United Parcel Service . See more of Teamsters president Ron carey on Facebook [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. The election of Ron Carey in the first rank-and-file elections in Teamsters’ history set off a chain of events that elected John Sweeney and his New Voices slate to the leadership of the AFL-CIO. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [3][81][82][83] Meanwhile, Davis contacted AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Richard Trumka and allegedly concocted a scheme whereby the Teamsters would donate $150,000 to the AFL-CIO for spurious get-out-the-vote efforts and the AFL-CIO would pay the same amount to Citizen Action. ", Greenhouse, Steven and Van Natta, Don, Jr. "Proposed Deal With Democrats Draws Focus of Investigators in Teamsters Election. [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. Carey died of lung cancer this past December 11 at age 72, his federally-imposed lifetime ban on Teamster activity still intact. Ron Carey war der erste Präsident der „Teamsters“, der von seinen Mitgliedern in geheimer Abstimmung 1991 gewählt wurde. [25] He undertook two initiatives in this area. [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. ", Greenhouse, Steve. They depicted the union members as average people (the union's spokespeople were often rank and file Teamsters),[76] and mobilized the public's sympathy for UPS drivers by having strikers drive their regular delivery routes to give their customers information about the strike. Ron Carey the message stated, "was the first Democratically Elected Teamster President Remembered As A Corruption Fighter And Vindicated Reformer. [8][10][11][12], Carey became a UPS driver and joined the Teamsters in 1956. ", Raab, Selwyn. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Leading Pickets, the Teamster Chief's Future May Also Be on the Line. [79] The 50-person Teamsters bargaining committee and conference of 200 UPS locals ratified the agreement on August 19. "Beleaguered Carey Steps Aside As President of the Teamsters. ", Carey was not a member of Teamsters for a Democratic Union. Agree on a 5-Year Contract. [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. Most importantly, UPS officials simply did not believe a strike would occur. The first was to close the international union's four regional headquarters in the U.S. Carey depicted the regional headquarters as little more than a mechanism for union officers to engage in corruption and receive multiple salaries, but his opponents claimed that the move was retaliation against Carey's political opponents (who were officers in and drew income from the regional headquarters). [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. "Ron Carey: Working Class Hero. [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]. ", Greenhouse, Steven. ", Raab, Selwyn. [4][98] Although Teamsters for a Democratic Union continued to support Carey as he fought the disqualification, they also debated what strategy to pursue in the event that the disqualification was upheld. He was the first Teamster General President elected by a direct vote of the membership. Durham and Walter Shea. ", Kilborn, Peter T. "Carey Takes the Wheel. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [14] Carey was named a negotiator for the national master contract, but was not included in the Teamsters' national bargaining team. [1] Endorsed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), a member-led reform caucus, Carey ran for General President on a pledge to eliminate corruption and organized crime's influence in the union. ", Johnston, David. [104][105] Hoffa was cleared of all major wrongdoing in late April 1998. [25][43] The changes did not come without a backlash. [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. In the first-ever direct election for Teamsters General President in 1991, reform candidate Ron Carey won a surprising upset victory over the incumbent old guard. "2 Teamsters Trade Barbs As Feud Gets More Heated. "Chief of Teamsters Union Ousts A Leader of a Powerful Local. Ron Carey hatte immer sein Nichtwissen um die Vorgänge beteuert und wurde am 12. [34], Carey did take extensive measures to clean up the union, however. [19][62] Despite the victory, many observers noted that Hoffa ran a much stronger campaign than expected. [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. "Teamster President Struggles to Rebut Charges and Keep His Post. "The Teamsters Today: An Interview with Ron Carey. "U.S. Sues to Oust Teamster Chiefs; Seeks Trustee to Oversee Election. He was 72. ", Greenhouse, Steven. Hoffa campaigned against the Teamsters incumbent president, Ron Carey, at the Teamsters international convention of June 1996 in Philadelphia. [46] A month later, Carey led the union through a long strike against the national trucking industry. [25] Hoffa's supporters were well-organized and highly disciplined, and they defeated Carey on several minor votes. "4 Teamsters Officials Ousted Over Insurance Fraud Charge. "With a Clear Lead, Teamsters President Is Claiming Victory. "Board Expels Ron Carey From Teamsters for Life. März 1999 das Präsidentenamt antrat, aber diese Vorwürfe wurden offensichtlich als weniger relevant eingestuft. [25][52], James P. Hoffa began seeking support for a run at the Teamsters' presidency in February 1994. ", Janofsky, Michael. [91] On August 17, federal prosecutors said that they had evidence that the AFL-CIO may have contributed $150,000 to Citizen Action for spurious get-out-the-vote efforts in an attempt to get Citizen Action to give $100,000 to the Carey campaign, and that AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Richard Trumka was implicated in the scheme. [76], UPS had seriously underestimated the union's capacity to wage a strike. [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. [89] Carey repeated the charge several times over the next few months. [10][27], Despite Carey's pledge to eliminate corruption and the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters, there were many who claimed that he did little in his first term to tackle the problem. 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. "Federal Report Describes Teamster Money Scheme. 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. [8][9][10][11] He was elected secretary of the local in 1965. [9] In 1987, Carey sued to overturn a provision of the union's constitution which permitted rejection of a proposed contract only by a two-thirds majority. [67] On March 26, a Federal grand jury in Manhattan began investigating the allegations. [7], Carey continued to protest the lifetime ban on Teamster membership for many years. ", Although Joseph and Loretta Carey separated when Ron Carey was in his 20s, Joseph Carey continued to live in the house until his death. [51], Carey also beefed up the union's organizing efforts, and stanched the loss of members. See: Kilborn, "Carey Takes the Wheel,", Phalon, Richard. [10][11][12], In 1989, Carey announced that he would run for president of the Teamsters union. He was accused of engaging in financial improprieties during his re-election campaign in March 1997. [71] President Clinton personally spoke to both parties over the weekend to encourage them to continue bargaining, and a final tentative contract emerged on Monday afternoon, August 18. [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. Barbara Zack Quindel , who i was weighing whether to disqualify Carey from a rerun election against James P . ", "Teamsters Union Sues Its Former President. [49] It was the first national strike against UPS. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [56] But once it became clear that Hoffa had a slim majority of the 1,900 delegates, Carey used the power of parliamentary procedure to delay or defeat the proposals, and his supporters brought the convention to a halt by offering amendment after amendment to Hoffa's proposals. Carey's slate, supported by TDU, also won nearly all of the seats on the International Executive Board. [25] He led the Teamsters through national strikes against UPS and the trucking industry, and neither strike ended well. [109] Carey's attorney pointed out that the executive secretary had changed her testimony several times the past year, and that it had been undermined by testimony from another secretary and a mail clerk who both testified that the executive secretary admitted forging Carey's initials on donation approvals. [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. Personal Blog. Talks had resumed on August 7 but ended two days later. [24] A dues hike was essential, Carey said, because the strike fund anticipated running out of money in mid-1994 (and did just that during the national trucking strike in June 1994). [57], Carey's re-election campaign was an exceptionally bitter and close one. "Judge Approves Plan to Bar Leader From Teamster Posts. "Carey Denies Any Knowledge Of Teamsters Fund Diversion. "[25] The war of words became so heated that in late September Carey filed a libel suit against Hoffa. [83] Jere Nash, Carey's 1996 re-election campaign manager, also pleaded guilty to making false statements and conspiracy. "U.P.S. [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. [24] Carey also said that the union's budget was significantly out of balance. "Judge Orders Disclosure In Union Race. ", Greenhouse, Steven. [11][12] After several unsuccessful campaigns, Carey was elected Local 804 president in November 1967. ", Raab, Selwyn. "An Overseer Bars Teamster Leader From Re-Election. [94], Carey contended he knew nothing of the donation kickback scheme. "Hoffa Gets Clearance to Run, Creating Teamsters Face-Off. The Carey slate did not contest three of the seats on the Teamsters executive board. Newspapers in English ", Raab, Selwyn. [23][24] Carey vowed to reduce the general president's salary, end the practice of permitting union officers to draw multiple salaries, no longer endorse Republicans for president, and seek federal legislation mandating universal health care. He became a Marine shortly after high school and served from 1953 to 1955 and joined the Teamsters Union in 1956. 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. ", Apple, R.W., Jr. "Unions Faltering in Reprisals Against Trade Pact Backers. Ron Carey died of lung cancer at New York Hospital Queens in New York City at age 72 on December 11, 2008. [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. [12][14][15] He was re-elected eight times, winning each campaign by landslide margins. [60] The deal, Hoffa alleged, had been brokered by Martin Davis, owner of another direct mail business which had done work for the union and the Carey campaign. "Teamsters and U.P.S. 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], 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. [46] The union's executive board had voted to raise strike benefits from $55 a week to $200, but made no provision for funding the higher benefits. [95] He testified before a grand jury in August and October 1997 that he knew nothing of the kickbacks, only the donations. Auf Grund von Unstimmigkeiten („Teamstergate“) musste Carey von seinem Amt zurücktreten und durfte auch nicht an der Neuwahl teilnehmen. [1][19] Other candidates in the election included: R.V. ", Carey purchased and sold seven homes and condominiums from 1979 to 1992 in New York, Florida and Arizona. [101], Carey's accusations against Hoffa, however, led federal officials to seek a delay in the Teamster election to investigate these charges. ", Manegold, Catherine S. "Teamster Strike Stops Activity of Big Haulers. ", Greenhouse, Steven. "After Vote, Labor Is Bitter But Big Business Is Elated. "Delivery Strike Leader; Ronald Robert Carey. ", Witt, Matt and Rand Wilson, "The Teamsters' UPS Strike of 1997: Building a New Labor Movement. [108] He directly contradicted testimony by his former executive secretary, who said Carey knew of the kickbacks to his campaign. [81][84] The August 23 report also indicated that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had been approached by Carey campaign officials. Settle After Short, Scattered Strike. [115] Carey's trial began in August 2001,[116] and he was found not guilty on all charges on October 12, 2001.
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