Ken Reiman, Nassau (”Local 804 Agitator”)

Working Class Hero

Ron Carey (Ronnie) was a working-class guy who never forgot the  working-class he was born into. He was a great union leader who never kept a distance from the Rank-and-File; he was of the Rank-and-File. He took on the corrupt Teamster leadership by speaking for the “Forgotten Teamster.”

By working tirelessly hard and having strong principles, Ron Carey drew an enormous following of reformers and rose through the ranks to the top of the Teamsters Union. Along the way, he made us proud to be in a union. Proud to be a Teamster. Proud to be in Local 804! Every Teamster owes a great deal to this man!

Under current circumstances, all that has obviously changed. But it is up to all of us…the Rank-and-File…to get that feeling back.

Ron Carey was an honest union reformer who fought Teamster corruption, lead a successful strike against UPS and rescued the labor movement. For the sin of actually “Putting Members First”, he was taken down by the powerful in this country.

Some of the union officials have forgotten this….the Rank-and-File have not!

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