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R.I.P. Ron Carey
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<blockquote data-quote="705red" data-source="post: 446685" data-attributes="member: 5229"><p>At the age of 20 Ron Carey started working for ups in 1956 like his father had done before him, Ron was a second generation upser. He like many on here did not like what he was seeing at work, so within 2 years he was elected shop steward in 804 because he felt that the members were not receiving the representation they deserved.</p><p> </p><p>In 1965 he went on and was elected into local 804 and just two years later he was president of local 804. All of this because he believed that people had rights and as teamster represented members he was going to insure that they received the best they could.</p><p> </p><p>He won the first secret ballot election held for the president of the I.B.T. Ron was a working mans man, and understood that the companies were not his friends. In 97 like others have said he was at least two steps ahead of ups leading up to and during the strike. Ron had united all upsers from across the country, ptime ftime, package, porter, feeder and we all stood side by side together in solidarity that had not been seen in decades. </p><p> </p><p>People said that Ron was guilty of teamster gate, but he was found innocent of all charges. I will say that Ron was guilty of expecting that everyone he had around him felt the same as he did towards the working men and woman of this great union, and this is/was his only downfall.</p><p> </p><p>Ron you will be missed greatly, especially from your brothers and sisters at ups. I only wish our current I.B.T reps had a 10th of the courage and strength that you did. </p><p> </p><p>My only regret is that i wont be able to see Ron ever regain the presidency of the I.B.T were he right fully belongs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="705red, post: 446685, member: 5229"] At the age of 20 Ron Carey started working for ups in 1956 like his father had done before him, Ron was a second generation upser. He like many on here did not like what he was seeing at work, so within 2 years he was elected shop steward in 804 because he felt that the members were not receiving the representation they deserved. In 1965 he went on and was elected into local 804 and just two years later he was president of local 804. All of this because he believed that people had rights and as teamster represented members he was going to insure that they received the best they could. He won the first secret ballot election held for the president of the I.B.T. Ron was a working mans man, and understood that the companies were not his friends. In 97 like others have said he was at least two steps ahead of ups leading up to and during the strike. Ron had united all upsers from across the country, ptime ftime, package, porter, feeder and we all stood side by side together in solidarity that had not been seen in decades. People said that Ron was guilty of teamster gate, but he was found innocent of all charges. I will say that Ron was guilty of expecting that everyone he had around him felt the same as he did towards the working men and woman of this great union, and this is/was his only downfall. Ron you will be missed greatly, especially from your brothers and sisters at ups. I only wish our current I.B.T reps had a 10th of the courage and strength that you did. My only regret is that i wont be able to see Ron ever regain the presidency of the I.B.T were he right fully belongs! [/QUOTE]
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