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Bedding Down at the Red Rash Inn

I am a road driver. Some of the places we bed down are ridiculous. I wouldn’t make my dog lay in them. What rights do I have besides grieve and wait? When we find our own rooms, we get threatened with disciplinary actions. Under Article 49 in the contract, it says the company has to pay $40. Why can’t we get some relief?

- Ornery at the Road Rash Inn, Local 200, USF Holland, Milwaukee

Yellow Terminals Sold for $1.9 Billion – XPO and Estes are Big Buyers

December 05, 2023

Most of Yellow’s terminal properties closed at auction on December 4, with XPO the biggest buyer, paying $870 million or nearly half of the $1.9 billion that the 128 properties yielded. XPO bought 28 properties and Estes bought 24.

Old Dominion Bids $1.5 B for Yellow's Terminals

August 28, 2023
Old Dominion Freight Lines has bid $1.5 billion to acquire all of Yellow's terminals. This bid is confirmed in Yellow's August 18 filing (attached below) with the bankruptcy court; ODFL's offer is detailed on page 22 and signed by ODFL's CEO on page 29.

Don’t You Dare Blame Working Teamsters for the Bankruptcy at Yellow

July 31, 2023

Some in the media have claimed that Yellow closed because of its dispute with the Teamsters. The truth is the company’s bankruptcy was decades in the making. Mismanagement and a financial crisis born on Wall Street caused the company’s demise.

At a Loss for Words at Yellow's Closing

July 31, 2023

by Ryan Haney, Dallas, Local 745

I'm a bit at a loss for words on the closure of Yellow Freight, my employer since 2016.

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Yellow Terminals Sold for $1.9 Billion – XPO and Estes are Big Buyers

December 05, 2023

Most of Yellow’s terminal properties closed at auction on December 4, with XPO the biggest buyer, paying $870 million or nearly half of the $1.9 billion that the 128 properties yielded. XPO bought 28 properties and Estes bought 24.

Online Workshop: From Contract Campaign to Contract Enforcement

December 02, 2023

Hear from UPS Teamsters and guest speaker Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien about moving from contract campaign to contract enforcement this Sunday, December 10 at 12 PM EST/11 AM CT/10 AM MT/9AM PT. Register now.

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