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WASHINGTON, D.C.: He's been walking on air in the five days since the Teamster's victory over UPS. But Ron Carey was brought down to earth with a bang today when a federal official declared his 1996 re-election null and void over alleged campaign finance abuses...
...Federal investigators have yet to point the finger at the union boss, but the very existence of the allegation ? that his campaign manager used a Massachusetts telemarketer to funnel $221,000 out of the Teamster treasury ? has stolen some of his thunder. "Carey's reputation as a reformer is shattered," says TIME's Bruce Van Voorst. "His halo is tarnished...
...Carey could hardly have found a more tempting target than UPS. The giant company (1996 revenues: $22.4 billion) delivers 80% of all packages shipped by ground nationwide, making it impossible for rivals to pick up much of the business quickly. Indeed, as the strike wore on last week, America suddenly awoke to the crucial role of UPS as a hauler of goods with a dollar value equal to an astonishing 5% of the country's gross domestic product. So widespread was the pain that major retailers, who rely on UPS for supplies of fresh merchandise, urged President Clinton to intervene...
Nonetheless, the high-profile walkout gave Carey a stage on which to attack not just UPS but the rest of corporate America as well for its reliance on part-time workers. Of the 40,000 new jobs that UPS has filled with union members since 1993, fully 80% have been part-time slots that pay an average hourly wage of $9, vs. $19.95 for full-time positions. (UPS says most part-timers are people such as college students and housewives who don't want a full-time job.) "Part-timers do the same work and should be paid the same...
...company says could add 50% to its workers' retirement benefits. Not so fast, say the Teamsters, who want the contributions to continue being spread among more of its members and have refused to authorize a vote at UPS on the company's contract proposal. "We're convinced that Carey's primary concern is the pension issue," says James Kelly, UPS chairman and chief executive officer. "Why should our workers bear this burden...