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The United Parcel Service strike of 1997, led by International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) President Ron Carey, started on August 4, 1997, and involved over 185,000 teamsters (IBT members).〔Greenhouse, Steven. "Yearlong Effort Key to Success For Teamsters." New York Times. August 25, 1997.〕 The strike effectively shut down United Parcel Service (UPS) operations for 16 days 〔"It's official: Teamsters end UPS strike". CNN. August 20, 1997. Retrieved 2013-12-04〕 and cost UPS hundreds of millions of dollars.〔Greenhouse, Steven. "Teamsters and U.P.S. Agree on a 5-Year Contract." New York Times. August 19, 1997.〕 The strike was a victory for the union, resulting in a new contract that increased their wages, secured their existing benefits and gave increased job security.〔Witt, M., and R. Wilson. "The Teamsters' UPS Strike of 1997: Building a New Labor Movement." Labor Studies Journal 24.1 (1999): 58-72. Web.〕 ==Union history== President Ron Carey had followed in his father’s footsteps to become a UPS driver, and Union member. 〔"Delivery Strike Leader; Ronald Robert Carey." New York Times. November 21, 1974〕 Carey rose to Presidency of the Teamsters Union in the early 90’s, and was heavily supported by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) President Ken Paff, mainly because of Carey’s support of Union Democracy. TDU influence on the IBT was a major factor in the collective bargaining tactics used to negotiate the 1997 UPS Contract: militance, union democracy, and rank-and-file intensive tactics.〔Schiavone, Michael. "RANK-AND-FILE MILITANCY AND POWER: REVISITING THE TEAMSTER STRUGGLE WITH THE UNITED PARCEL SERVICE TEN YEARS LATER." TDU (n.d.): n. pag. Web.〕 An earlier strike against UPS in 1994, which had been the first National strike against UPS, had been unsuccessful and led to the Teamsters being sued by UPS for millions of dollars.〔Applebome, Peter. "Schism and Suit After a Teamster Strike." New York Times. February 10, 1994.〕 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「United Parcel Service strike of 1997」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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