Ron Carey and the Teamsters

Ron Carey and the Teamsters
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9781685900588
ISBN-13 : 1685900585
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Book Synopsis Ron Carey and the Teamsters by : Ken Reiman

Download or read book Ron Carey and the Teamsters written by Ken Reiman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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