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More than 300 Teamsters and retirees turned out to a packed ballroom to Celebrate the Life and Work of Ron Carey, a Local 804 hero and the first democratically elected General President of the Teamsters Union.

Two hundred Local 804 members and retirees descended on the Sheraton Hotel in Flushing to pay their respects and celebrate the achievements of the Local 804 leader who won the first 25 and-out pensions in our local’s history and led the victorious 1997 UPS strike.

More Teamsters came to pay tribute from across the country, including 50 people who served with Carey at the International Union and in the Teamster reform movement—many traveling thousands of miles to be there.

The program featured speakers from Local 804 Members United, former International Union officers and staff, journalist Ken Crowe and members of the Carey family. Click here to read the program.

The event also featured video clips of Ron appearing at 60 Minutes, CNN, ABC News and more. These clips are now available online.

Click here to watch ABC News honor Ron Carey as Person of the Week.

Click here to watch the 60 Minutes Episode featuring Ron Carey on the 1991 Teamster Election.

Click here to watch a clip from a CNN special on the Carey’s corruption clean-up and the 1996 Teamster Election.

Click here to watch Ron Carey speak out on the campaign finance scandal and corrupt corruption in Washington, D.C.

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