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ABF on Wrong Road in Bargaining

February 14, 2013
February 14, 2013: Nearly two months after putting a long list of concessions on the bargaining table, ABF management refuses to take any of them off the table. That's the report IBT freight negotiator Gordon Sweeton gave on a February 13 conference call for Teamster local union officers. Management's threat is that if they don't get the concessions they want, they will consolidate some terminals and downsize the network.  But they are free to do...

YRC Worldwide CEO Welch: Results, turnaround are energizing

February 12, 2013
Austin Alonzo Kansas City Business Journal February 12, 2013 View the original piece YRC Worldwide CEO James Welch is pleased to see the company finish the year strong after starting with a $49 million operational loss in the first quarter. On Friday, the Overland Park-based company (Nasdaq: YRCW) reported positive annual consolidated operating income for the first time in six years. Welch said the positive annual results reflect a shift in philosophy to a “laser”...

3 years after closing, Chicago Ridge truck terminal could reopen

February 08, 2013
Mike Nolan Southtown Star February 08, 2013 View the original piece More than three years after it closed its Chicago Ridge terminal, trucking company YRC is taking a look at reopening it. The company, formerly called Yellow Roadway, in December filed an application for a business license to re-establish the terminal, 10301 Harlem Ave., according to George Witous, Chicago Ridge village attorney. In a memo sent last month to Chicago-area employees of YRC Freight, the...

Arkansas Best Corp. Reports Loss, Seeks End to Teamsters Talk

February 01, 2013
Arkansas Business February 01, 2013 View the original piece ABF Freight System Inc. expects contract negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to be resolved by a March 31 deadline, but the CEO of its parent company said Wednesday that the firm is exploring options in case a new agreement can't be reached. Judy McReynolds, CEO of Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith (Nasdaq: ABFS), said Wednesday during the trucking and logistics company's fourth-quarter earnings...

ABF ships nonunion FedEx to Teamster Members

January 28, 2013
January 28, 2013: ABF ships nonunion FedEx to Teamster Members "ABF Teamsters win company points for safe driving, etc. They can redeem these points for ABF logo shirts, jackets, toy trucks, etc. Sad to say, ABF management uses nonunion FedEx instead of Teamsters at UPS to deliver. They could also use their own ABF inter-terminal mail-bag system they regularly use to send company documents and small parcels to terminals. It would be a way of...
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