Jim Reynolds, Alternate Shop Steward, Elmsford

RON CAREY TEAMSTER.   I have been honored in the most profound way by simply being this man’s friend. You see I remember Ron not as Mr. President, but just as Ronnie. I know he would have wanted us all to know that this Union and all of the labor movement is not about one man; it never has, and it simply never can be.  It is about All of us.  That is what a union is about. The enduring fight for the most basic rights: a fair wage and a decent living– nothing spectacular– just fairness itself. We have all lost a Leader and I have lost a friend. We can go on by remembering not only his words , but his example. He has left it to us to follow….

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