Ron Carey
Ron Carey
brought company contract gone members negotiate people reached shove union
What the union historically has done is gone in, negotiate a contract, then brought it back to its members when they reached agreement. What the company has been dictating and intimidating and threatening people is that they want to shove this contract down the members' throats. That has never been done in the past,
areas issues progress talking trying
We are talking about the issues and that, to me, is progress -- trying to see if we can find some areas of agreement,
attacked body caused corruption dealt four general junior pain presidents talking union weakness
I think what you're really talking about when you look at junior Hoffa ... is the weakness and corruption of the past, things that have caused this union so much pain ... Four general presidents were indicted. We've attacked corruption. We've dealt it a body blow. We've put over 67 locals into trusteeship.
forward judges levels paper president putting record track trust
She doesn't have a paper trail, but it comes back to, 'Do I trust the president?' ... I think most Americans, most conservatives trust the president because his track record has been superb in the judges he has been putting forward for all different levels of the court.
forced members people taking
I think working people have been taking it on the chinlong enough, ... It's acrime that they have forced our members into a strike.
controlled issues plan
The company's plan is one they have controlled for 25 years. This is really a smokescreen to get everyone diverted from real issues which are about decent, full-time jobs,
bargaining certainly contract either families good jobs picket provides win won
A contract that provides the good jobs for working families certainly won't be won at the bargaining table. The only way you can win that is either on the picket lines, and in the community.
smoke
But if it's just a smoke screen, we're out of here,
appears continue digging members prepared start time useless
At this point, it appears it's just useless to continue any discussions, ... It's time for us to start digging in. It's time for us to start getting our members prepared for this strike.
continue job standing union
Our union will continue to do its job of standing for American working families.
dropped shifting sign strategy ups
I am not optimistic, ... I see no sign that UPS has dropped its strategy of shifting to more low-wage, part-time jobs.
fighting labor movement people time
It's about time the labor movement (became) much more active, fighting for working people in this country,
common complex hard looked solutions
I don't know how long this will take. We looked very hard to try to find some solutions to some very complex problems. I'm disappointed that we could not find some common ground.
across action america pension stealing
This action day will tell big corporations all across America that we've had enough of their part-timing, their subcontracting, their pension stealing and their downsizing,