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Leaked memo: YRC seeks to outsource unprofitable runs

Posted on January 26, 2015

Austin Alonzo

Kansas City Business Journal

January 26, 2015

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.employees.

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