Description: Ron Carey and the Teamsters : How a Ups Driver Became the Greatest Union Reformer of the 20th Century by Putting Members First, Paperback by Reiman, Ken, ISBN 1685900585, ISBN-13 9781685900588, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Ron Carey and the Teamsters : How a Ups Driver Became the Greates
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Ron Carey and the Teamsters : How a UPS Driver Became the Greatest Union Reformer of the 20th Century by Putting Members First
Language: English
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Labor & Industrial Relations, Economics / General, Criminals & Outlaws
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Author: Ken Reiman
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
