Ron Carey
Ron Carey
country decent good jobs people
This is about good jobs in this country, ... Working people in this country are saying, 'Enough is enough.' They want decent jobs.
forced members people taking
I think working people have been taking it on the chinlong enough, ... It's acrime that they have forced our members into a strike.
attacked body caused corruption dealt four general junior pain presidents talking union weakness
I think what you're really talking about when you look at junior Hoffa ... is the weakness and corruption of the past, things that have caused this union so much pain ... Four general presidents were indicted. We've attacked corruption. We've dealt it a body blow. We've put over 67 locals into trusteeship.
continue job standing union
Our union will continue to do its job of standing for American working families.
area best days either entered matter obviously open opportunity race saw
He was probably open to either position; it was just a matter of where he saw the best opportunity to be successful. And obviously when he entered the race 90 days ago he thought it was the U.S. Senate. Now he see the gubernatorial race as his area of opportunity,
smoke
But if it's just a smoke screen, we're out of here,
company contract letting operate today voted voting walking
They have voted on it, ... They are voting today by walking the pavement, by letting the company know that they are not about to have any contract jammed down their throat. This is the new Teamsters. We do not operate as was done in the past.
common complex hard looked solutions
I don't know how long this will take. We looked very hard to try to find some solutions to some very complex problems. I'm disappointed that we could not find some common ground.
dropped shifting sign strategy ups
I am not optimistic, ... I see no sign that UPS has dropped its strategy of shifting to more low-wage, part-time jobs.
controlled issues plan
The company's plan is one they have controlled for 25 years. This is really a smokescreen to get everyone diverted from real issues which are about decent, full-time jobs,
company government intervene message playing
The company has to get the message that the government is not going to intervene on their behalf, ... They've been playing games. They haven't been serious.
bottom dead heads stopped
And if I did, it would have been stopped dead in its tracks, ... If I had, I would have got to the bottom of that and heads would have rolled.