Ron Carey (March 22, 1936 -) is a former president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, commonly known as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) or simply the Teamsters, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. ...

Carey was elected general president of the Teamsters in 1991, in the first secret ballot rank and file election in the history of the union. In 1996 he was narrowly re-elected ahead of James P. Hoffa. Carey led the 15-day strike against United Parcel Service in August 1997 over the issue of the use of part-time workers, but was then disqualified from serving as union president by a federal oversight panel, in relation to a scheme in which funds from the Teamsters were donated in 1996 to political organisations in return for contributions to Carey's reelection campaign. Carey was expelled from the union, but denied knowledge of the transfers and repeatedly proclaimed his innocence to grand jurys and court-appointed monitors. Although the U.S. Attorney's investigators were unable to produce evidence to support substantial charges against Carey, he was charged with perjury for his proclamations of innocence in court. On October 12, 2001, Carey was found not guilty of seven counts of perjury and making false statements to a grand jury and a variety of court-appointed monitors. James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941), is the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. ... United Parcel Service, Inc. ... United States Attorneys represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court. ... Perjury is lying or making verifiably false statements under oath or affirmation in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in writing. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...