Farley

I was an active Teamster for over 40 years, and am now retired. I began my Teamster membership as a part-time loader at UPS while attending school. When I graduated (BA in Political Science) I joined the USMC and was discharged in 1969 (honorably) The economy sucked back then so I went back into the freight business. I worked for several freight companies, some beverage, some Drive-Away auto transport. In the early 80's my Local Union sponsored an organizing seminar and I was given the opportunity to attend. Eventually I was hired as a business representative, where I served two different Local Unions until my retirement. I continued to work as a consultant assisting in some situations that could utilize my experience.
Before I went to work for the Union I went to some PROD meetings....the original Teamster reform group. They were absorbed by the toodleoo (TDU). I went to a couple of toodleoo meetings , one where their non-Teamster CEO, Ken Paff, was instructing some UPS employees to lie and use deception to win grievances regarding Union bulletin boards. That soured me on toodleoo, and when they actually elected a crooked incompetent, Ron Carey, and he nearly bankrupted the Union, I could see they were not what they said they were.