May 22, 2009: Colorado Local 17 officers and business agents have all agreed to take a 10 percent pay cut. Their local union website states that, “The savings from this historic measure will continue to increase Local 17’s financial growth. Following the lead from the Local 17 YRC members, we want all Local 17 members to know we share the benefits and sacrifices together with you.” It sounds like good unionism. Maybe Hoffa, Keegel, and...

May 22, 2009: Harrisburg Local 776 has called for the International Union to enforce the national freight contract regarding pensions for YRC Teamsters. The Central Pennsylvania fund has amended its plan to freeze pension accruals for YRC Teamsters from June 1 till the end of 2009; Local 776 is acting to protect the pensions of its members. In a May 20 letter, Local 776 President Dan Virtue requested that General President Hoffa “do whatever is...

May 19, 2009: The top executive of troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide challenged investment analysts and predicted his company would be profitable again by the end of third quarter. YRC Chairman, President and CEO William D. Zollars said the freight carrier’s operating loss in April was half that reported by some analysts. “It was $60 million-ish,” Zollars said May 19 at the Wolfe Research Global Transportation Conference in New York. Click here to read the...