Ron Carey. (Teamsters president)(Interview)

The Progressive | April 1, 1995| | Copyright

Today, when the balance of power between labor and management has never been more skewed, what the International Brotherhood of Teamsters does--as the largest union in the AFL--CIO--echoes far beyond the halls of the white marble palace that sits across

Three years ago, Ron Carey, a UPS local president from Queens, was sworn in as president of the Teamsters. Three years before that, the Justice Department had placed the union into trusteeship for corruption. The fifty-five-year-old former truck driver and long-shot candidate spearheaded a reform movement and won, beating ...

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