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Ronald Robert Carey (March 22, 1936 – December 11, 2008) was an American labor leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1991 to 1997. He was the first Teamster General President elected by a direct vote of the membership.〔("Teamster Chief Won't Seek Re-election in '91." ''Associated Press.'' October 11, 1990. )〕〔(Kilborn, Peter. "Teamsters' New Chief Vows to Put Members First." ''New York Times.'' December 13, 1991. )〕 He ran for re-election in 1996 and won, but in 1997 federal investigators discovered that the Carey campaign had engaged in an illegal donation kickback scheme to raise more than $700,000 for the 1996 re-election effort.〔(Greenhouse, Steven. "Behind Turmoil For Teamsters, Rush for Cash." ''New York Times.'' September 21, 1997. )〕 His re-election was overturned, Carey was disqualified from running for Teamsters president again, and he was subsequently expelled from the union for life.〔(Greenhouse, Steven. "An Overseer Bars Teamster Leader From Re-Election." ''New York Times.'' November 18, 1997. )〕〔(Greenhouse, Steven. "Beleaguered Carey Steps Aside As President of the Teamsters." ''New York Times.'' November 26, 1997. )〕 Although a federal jury ultimately cleared him of all wrongdoing in the scandal, the lifetime ban remained in place until his death.〔(Crowe, Kenneth. "The Vindication of Ron Carey." ''Union Democracy Review.'' December 2001-January 2002 issue. )〕〔(Greenhouse, Steven. "Former Teamsters President Is Cleared of Lying Charges." ''New York Times.''October 13, 2001. )〕 ==Early life== Carey, the second of six children (all of them boys), was born in Long Island City in March 1936 to Joseph and Loretta Carey.〔Asbury, Edith Evans. "Delivery Strike Leader; Ronald Robert Carey." ''New York Times.'' November 21, 1974.〕〔(McFadden, Robert D. "New Teamster Chief's Motto: Honest Work for Honest Pay." ''New York Times.'' December 15, 1991. )〕〔(Kilborn, Peter T. "Carey Takes the Wheel." ''New York Times.'' June 21, 1992. )〕〔(Greenhouse, Steven. "Teamsters Chief, Despite Victory, Is Remaining Defiant." ''New York Times.'' December 16, 1996. )〕 His father was a driver for United Parcel Service (UPS).〔〔 Carey's father had to work Sundays and Christmas Day (often without pay), which taught Ron about workplace injustice, but his father also took him to union meetings where Ron learned about workplace change and how to run a democratic union.〔 Raised in Astoria and Long Island City,〔 he graduated from Haaren High School in Manhattan and was offered entry into St. John's University on a swimming scholarship.〔〔〔 But he turned down college, enlisting in the Marines in 1953 and serving until 1955.〔〔(Greenhouse, Steven. "Ron Carey, Who Led Teamsters Reforms, Dies at 72." ''New York Times.'' December 13, 2008. )〕 At the age of 18, he married Barbara Murphy, a girl who lived in the apartment above him. The Careys remained married until Ron's death; they had five children.〔〔〔〔 Carey became a UPS driver and joined the Teamsters in 1956.〔〔 He and his father pooled their money and bought a home for both families in Kew Gardens, Queens.〔〔Although Joseph and Loretta Carey separated when Ron Carey was in his 20s, Joseph Carey continued to live in the house until his death. Joseph and Loretta Carey died within three days of one another in 1992. See: Kilborn, "Carey Takes the Wheel," ''New York Times,'' June 21, 1992.〕 He ran for and was elected shop steward of the 7,000-member Local 804 in 1958 because he felt members weren't getting the services their dues paid for.〔〔〔〔 He was elected secretary of the local in 1965.〔〔 After several unsuccessful campaigns, Carey was elected Local 804 president in November 1967.〔〔〔〔 He earned a reputation as a hard bargainer (by 1977, he had negotiated salary increases which doubled his members' 1968 hourly wages) and for being free from graft and the influence of organized crime.〔〔〔Brill, Steven. ''The Teamsters.'' Paperback ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. ISBN 0-671-82905-X〕 Under his leadership, in November 1967 Local 804 became one of the first Teamster locals whose members qualified for a pension after 25 years of employment regardless of age.〔〔〔〔 He also led long but successful strikes in 1968, 1971, 1974, and 1982.〔〔〔Phalon, Richard. "Parcel Strike Is Spreading Into Jersey." ''New York Times.'' August 4, 1970; Whitney, Craig R. "U.S. Acts on Union in Parcel Strike." ''New York Times.'' September 24, 1970; Perlmutter, Emanuel. "United Parcel Strike Ends After 87 Days." ''New York Times.'' November 21, 1974; Goldman, Ari. "U.P.S. Workers State Walkout After Dispute." ''New York Times.'' September 10, 1982.〕 He was re-elected eight times, winning each campaign by landslide margins.〔 Although Local 804 had always negotiated its own contract with UPS, the national union forced the local to participate in the national master contract in 1979.〔 Carey was named a negotiator for the national master contract, but was not included in the Teamsters' national bargaining team.〔 In 1987, Carey sued to overturn a provision of the union's constitution which permitted rejection of a proposed contract only by a two-thirds majority. The union changed the provision to permit a majority to reject a proposed contract.〔 During his tenure as Local 804 president, Carey took two years of correspondence courses at home, two years of courses at the Xavier Institute for Labor Management Relations (a highly influential Catholic labor school), and six months of labor management courses at Cornell University.〔 Steven Brill devoted an entire chapter to Carey in his 1978 book, ''The Teamsters,'' which drew attention to the local leader and launched his national career within the Teamsters.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Carey (labor leader)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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