YRC, Teamsters lobbying for pension rule changes

February 17, 2010: As part of its drastic cost cuts in 2009, YRC Worldwide reached an agreement that allowed it to suspend monthly payments into its union pension plans.

The next step is an effort to get Congress to address YRC’s problems with ballooning pension costs.

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