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Leaked memo: YRC seeks to outsource unprofitable runs [1]

Austin Alonzo
Kansas City Business Journal
January 26, 2015
View the original piece [2]

YRC Freight is looking to increase its use of purchased transportation to increase its profitability, according to a leaked internal memo.

A Dec. 18, 2014, memo obtained by theKansas City Business Journal, details a change-of-operations request to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that would allow the company to increase its use of interline carriers — third-party transportation providers — in areas currently served by YRC Worldwide Inc. [3]employees.

Click here [2] to read more at Kansas City Business Journal.

Issues: 
Freight [4]

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[1] http://www.tdu.org/media/leaked-memo-yrc-seeks-outsource-unprofitable-runs
[2] http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2015/01/26/leaked-memo-yrc-could-use-purchased-transportation.html?ana=yahoo
[3] http://www.bizjournals.com/profiles/company/us/ks/overland_park/yrc_worldwide_inc/2844355
[4] http://www.tdu.org/issues/freight