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<blockquote data-quote="RockyRogue" data-source="post: 248573" data-attributes="member: 7185"><p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. <strong>YOU HAVE <em>GOT</em> TO BE KIDDING ME?!!?!?</strong> I'm a history nut, Agitator. I got waaaaaaay too bored for my health two Saturdays ago when I was doing grad school homework. I saw one of your posts under this thread and went looking for information on good ol' Ron Carey, UPS AND strikes. WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!! He pushed UPS to <em>several</em> strikes in the early to mid-70's in New York City, particularly Local 804. Ya know how <strong><em>far</em></strong> he pushed our company? UPS threatened to shut down its New York Metro package operations if workers didn't return to their duties. Twenty four hours prior to the deadline, workers returned to their duties. Do ya want the article citations so ya can read this yourself?? ANY union leader that pushes an employer <strong><em>that</em></strong> far has no business being in charge of the IBT on a national level. I read an excerpt about Carey's book on here, I think. In it, he said that at the last negotiating session in '97, the UPS official said something along the lines of, "You will pay for this til your dying day. I don't know how but you will pay for this til your dying day." The other people in the room pretended not to have heard what was said. Quite frankly, I don't blame 'em. After reading what I did about the "glorious" Ron Carey of the '70s, I agree with the court's decision to bar him from union activities. He's too confrontational for organized labor's good. </p><p> </p><p>All of what I've written here is JMHO. -Rocky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyRogue, post: 248573, member: 7185"] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. [B]YOU HAVE [I]GOT[/I] TO BE KIDDING ME?!!?!?[/B] I'm a history nut, Agitator. I got waaaaaaay too bored for my health two Saturdays ago when I was doing grad school homework. I saw one of your posts under this thread and went looking for information on good ol' Ron Carey, UPS AND strikes. WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!! He pushed UPS to [I]several[/I] strikes in the early to mid-70's in New York City, particularly Local 804. Ya know how [B][I]far[/I][/B] he pushed our company? UPS threatened to shut down its New York Metro package operations if workers didn't return to their duties. Twenty four hours prior to the deadline, workers returned to their duties. Do ya want the article citations so ya can read this yourself?? ANY union leader that pushes an employer [B][I]that[/I][/B] far has no business being in charge of the IBT on a national level. I read an excerpt about Carey's book on here, I think. In it, he said that at the last negotiating session in '97, the UPS official said something along the lines of, "You will pay for this til your dying day. I don't know how but you will pay for this til your dying day." The other people in the room pretended not to have heard what was said. Quite frankly, I don't blame 'em. After reading what I did about the "glorious" Ron Carey of the '70s, I agree with the court's decision to bar him from union activities. He's too confrontational for organized labor's good. All of what I've written here is JMHO. -Rocky [/QUOTE]
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