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Teamsters Union president Ron Carey won a huge battle for organized labor last week when he arm wrestled UPS into settling a strike. But he will have to refight the bitter war for the presidency of his union. A court overseer has found that Carey's campaign consultants tainted his election win over James P. Hoffa Jr. last year. Election overseer Barbara Zack Quindel, who establishes fact on behalf of the court, found that $221,000 in improper contributions to the Teamsters for a Corruption Free Union had been funneled to Carey's campaign. "The members cannot have confidence...
...Carey was elected as a reformer in 1991. He was supposed to wipe away the Teamsters' history of corruption, particularly under Jimmy Hoffa, who was jailed as a result of it. Carey's UPS victory may yet help him hold off Hoffa Jr., son of the former Teamsters chief. But depending on his culpability in the fund-raising abuses, Carey's platform as Mr. Clean may not survive. The Teamsters stressed that Quindel found no wrongdoing by Carey. But Hoffa's supporters charged that the Democratic National Committee was mixed up in the scandal, and federal investigators were exploring...
...half years in jail for having citizens killed as they tried to get over the Berlin Wall... Friendly Fire: Seventeen percent of violence-related injuries are caused by a friend or relative, according to a US Justice Department survey... I Am Not a Crook: Teamsters President Ron Carey denies knowledge of a scheme to launder illegal contributions into his election campaign... Will They Accept Delivery?: UPS makes a final contract offer to its strike-threatening pilots... Holy Crowd!: A million show up to hear the Pope preach in France despite criticisms of his visit falling on the anniversary...
...Finally, spare a thought for Ron Carey ? who went from hero to zero in the space of four days. It wasn?t tobacco or red meat that brought the Teamsters President down, but that other American vice: alleged campaign finance abuse. Perhaps the FDA ought to stick health warnings on soft money contributions...
...Carey has been down this road before. Earlier federal probes have focused on alleged ties to the Mob (he was later exonerated), and the purchase of a string of pricey vacation properties. But with the UPS settlement under his belt, notes Van Voorst, Carey should still be able to defeat Hoffa in the fresh elections scheduled for December. But the timing couldn't be worse: Teamsters are gearing up for an agressive membership drive. Charges of corruption aren't the best advertisement...