Word: carey
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...Poor Ron Carey. He could be a labor hero for cleaning up the Teamsters Union since becoming its president in 1991. But that distinction has eluded him. Carey, 61, is in the middle of a bitter internal power struggle as well as a federal investigation into charges that an aide diverted more than $100,000 of union funds last year to Carey's campaign for re-election. To these headaches is added the wrath of millions of Americans who waited in vain last week for strike-bound UPS trucks to transport everything from lobsters to Lands' End T shirts...
WASHINGTON: The marathon strike talks between UPS and the Teamsters have resumed, with the union's leader Ron Carey at the table. And despite the fact that Carey issued a bulletin preparing members for more strike action, there is cause for optimism. While UPS says its formal position has not moved, the company has shown a willingness to compromise...
WASHINGTON: Ron Carey, president of the Teamsters and instigator of the week-old strike at UPS, signalled today that he wasn't about to be bullied by the firm's threat to eliminate 15,000 jobs by week...
...strike will not be decided by threats and intimidation," said Carey. "That's not what the strike is about." UPS started playing hardball with the Teamsters this morning, when Chief executive James Kelly warned that job losses would mount week-by-week if the strikers don't get back to work. But for a company that makes $1billion profit a year, Carey finds it hard to believe that UPS will have to fire workers because of lost business...
...chose an arrival time two hours in advance of the meeting, just in case there were any flight or traffic delays. There weren't. So, since I had extra time and I hate to pay 30 out-of-pocket bucks for a cab, or even $10 for the Carey Bus from LaGuardia to mid-town, I decided to see if you can get from the airport to mid-town Manhattan on $1.50. Hey, you never know...