Ron Carey Quotations

The Post Office and the other companies can't manage the volume, ... They shouldn't be dictating; they should be negotiating.

We believe that as the company grows, so should the jobs grow. The company believes just the opposite, and that is to grow more part-time jobs, to subcontract -- to steal away the American dream,

While Mark Dayton has made it abundantly clear how out of touch he is, it also appears the current crop of DFL Senate candidates are out of the mainstream by failing to come forward to support Judge Roberts' nomination,

would not have raised any flags for me.

We're still saying this is a horse race,

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,

We are talking about the issues and that, to me, is progress -- trying to see if we can find some areas of agreement,

This process is not getting us anywhere at the moment,

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.

He was probably open to either position; it was just a matter of where he saw the best opportunity to be successful. And obviously when he entered the race 90 days ago he thought it was the U.S. Senate. Now he see the gubernatorial race as his area of opportunity,

I think working people have been taking it on the chinlong enough, ... It's acrime that they have forced our members into a strike.

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.

Our union will continue to do its job of standing for American working families.

This strike marks a new era, ... This victory sends a signal that American workers are on the move again. After 15 years of taking it on the chin, working families are telling big companies that we will fight for the American dream.

The defense fund will cover strike benefits for a long strike, if necessary, ... We estimate the strike benefits will cost about $10 million a week.

We were not aware of this -- I certainly was not aware of this,

We have seen no sign that the company has changed its attitude, so we are not particularly optimistic about these new talks,

We are done negotiating, ... There are no more talks from our side. That means there's a strike at 12:01.

Unfortunately for Doran, Minnesotans aren't interested in giving away the governor's office to an impulse buyer.

While there is no reason for optimism at this point, we will be there, ready to negotiate a reasonable agreement that provides the good jobs that American families need,

To stay there any longer would just be repetition, ... Somebody's got to stand up and say 'Enough is enough.'

Tonight the elected leaders of the local unions unanimously approved the agreement with UPS, ... They were united and extremely enthusiastic about the breakthroughs that we had won in these negotiations.

This victory sends a signal that American workers are on the move again.

What they are doing is intimidation. It is threats. That won't get the job done. That is a mistake,

We have exhausted every possible approach to try to solve the problem, ... There are a number of complex problems. At this point it's just a waste of time.

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.

are prepared to meet -- anytime, anywhere, with a mediator or without one -- to negotiate a contract that provides good jobs for working families.

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,

This is about good jobs in this country, ... Working people in this country are saying, 'Enough is enough.' They want decent jobs.

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.

It's about time the labor movement (became) much more active, fighting for working people in this country,

It's been in my blood for 40 years. We'll move on at this point and move on in a positive way and look at opportunities down the road.

Oh, we gave it to him on Saturday night, and I'm talking about proposals,

They have voted on it, ... They are voting today by walking the pavement, by letting the company know that they are not about to have any contract jammed down their throat. This is the new Teamsters. We do not operate as was done in the past.

But if it's just a smoke screen, we're out of here,

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.

I am not optimistic, ... I see no sign that UPS has dropped its strategy of shifting to more low-wage, part-time jobs.

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,

The company has to get the message that the government is not going to intervene on their behalf, ... They've been playing games. They haven't been serious.

And if I did, it would have been stopped dead in its tracks, ... If I had, I would have got to the bottom of that and heads would have rolled.