Ron Carey and the Teamsters
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Ron Carey and the Teamsters

How a UPS Driver Became the Greatest Union Reformer of the 20th Century by Putting Members First

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Ron Carey and the Teamsters

How a UPS Driver Became the Greatest Union Reformer of the 20th Century by Putting Members First

About this book

Probes the enduring impact, and devastating fall, of one of the greatest union organizers of the 20th century

In this riveting account, retired UPS driver and unionist, Ken Reiman, gives us the first in-depth portrait of Ron Carey as he rose from a local union officer in the mid-1960s, to president of what was, in 1991, the largest labor union in the United States.

For many years, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was one of this country's most corrupt unions, with close ties to organized crime. Hundreds of officers drew enormous salaries while doing no work. Pension funds were drained to build Las Vegas casinos. Ultimately many Teamster leaders were either sent to prison or killed. But because he was willing to put members first, Carey and the Teamsters were able to defeat UPS and the major trucking companies along with their many enemies in the mob, in corporate boardrooms, and in the halls of Congress. In the process Carey tangibly transformed the lives of countless workers.

Drawing on transcripts from court hearings, public records, newspaper references and over fifty first-person interviews—including several off-the-record conversations—Reiman brings us the untold story of Carey's meteoric rise and demise.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Tim Sylvester
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Son of a UPS Driver
  8. 2. The UPS Driver
  9. 3. The Leader
  10. 4. The Insurgent
  11. 5. The Reformer
  12. 6. The Incumbent
  13. 7. The UPS Strike
  14. 8. The Scandal
  15. 9. The Trial
  16. 10. Legacy
  17. 11. A Personal Note
  18. Afterword by Steve Early and Rand Wilson
  19. Notes
  20. Index

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