Defeating Pension Cuts in 2007

• New York No Vote Defeats Pension Giveback
• Members Approve Second Offer in Small Turnout
• Ron Carey Interview on the 2007 Contract (with Labor Notes)
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  • Video

The 1997 UPS Strike Victory

• America’s Victory: The UPS Strike (Video)
• New York Times: “Yearlong Effort Key to Success for Teamsters”
• The UPS Strike: A Personal Story (by Ken Reiman, Local 804 Package Car Driver)

Ron Carey and Teamster Power at Local 804

• Outside the Box: Ron Carey: An Interview with a Militant Union Leader by Deepa Kumar (2007)

Ron Carey talks about UPS, his personal journey from the package car to the Local 804 presidency to his election as Teamsters General President in 1991 in the first one-member, one-vote election in Teamster history-and the 1997 UPS strike.

• The Teamsters Today: An Interview with Ron Carey (Labor Notes: 2006)

Ron Carey talks about the 2006 Teamsters Election and how Local 804 members have stayed loyal to reform even though the Local 804 Executive Board has flip-flopped and backed Hoffa.

• The Vindication of Ron Carey by Ken Crowe (2001)

In 1997, Ron Carey stepped down as Teamster General President after an illegal fundraising scheme by his campaign aides was revealed. Carey was later barred from the union even though he was never charged with having any role in the scheme. Retired Newsday report Ken Crowe reports on Carey’s vindication in federal court.

• The Teamsters: Ron Carey by Steven Brill (1978)

This chapter on Ron Carey’s honest, militant leadership during the worst days of Teamster corruption helped catapult Carey to national prominence as a reform leader in our union.