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It's sad that nobody's thinking about getting their own lawyer apart from the union. Neither the union nor the company has the employees' interests at heart.
Ups is one of high pay companies and fought to widen pay gap. 🏆 threatened to strike if not. Any action that restricts in California is illegal including strikes to organizing them.. teamsters in a nutshell. Also yellow 💛 is doing lawsuit against teamsters
@@henlohenlo689at ups I’m a feeder driver tractor trailer driver and we got a good raise but there is a bunch of holes in that contract that still benefits ups more than us teamsters workers
@@seandp85 that irrelevant. Ur not consider larger picture with that statement. They threatened to strike with the purpose of widening pay disparities within the industry. Pretty absurd. While also restricting job creations.
@@henlohenlo689 the larger picture is that the industry will continue to get screwed over corporate greed. we as ups union workers were able to stand up against ups is because there over 340k+ employees.
Just feel the need to point out that YELLOW Teamsters are more than just linehaul drivers, we're also dock workers and yard jockeys. Much respect brother.
Teamsters weren't all innocent. They caused inefficiencies that cost the company. Waiting for hours to have a tractor swapped out buy a yard jocky who was sitting on his ass fucking off. You couldn't change your own placards with out permission. You could not check your own oil. And many other petty things. I couldn't tell you how many times they threatened to file a grievance to get 6 hours of pay. Thats the down side of a union and miss use of power.
They did it to the oilfield drivers !!!! And there was no big comtion like these pansies!!!!! Lets go Brandon!!!! FJB!!!!! Or get an electric rig like swift !!!! You know who got your lunch !!! Crooked deals!!! No dishwashers no refrigerator no electric oven either !!!! And most definitely nothing Gas powered thank you Joe Biden
How about the mismanaged Teamsters pension that needed a 36 BILLION bail out from the US govt? How about the $$$ that union officials are getting for doing nothing? TDU ORG has a list of about 250 Teamster union officials that make upwards of 150,000 a year with the top around 375,000 . Pensions are not published, wonder why. . ..especially when they received a bail out.
Their stock wasn't worth much, but it was mismanaged, trucking companies should only hire experienced truck drivers to run trucking companies because they know what is going on.
Definitely. I remember talking to a CF driver literally three days before they went belly up. He said they were extremely busy, adding some coverage area out of the Milwaukee terminal, then I saw it on the morning news before leaving for work. Very sudden. But Yellow?? Surprised they held on as long as they did. Damn shame about Holland. They were very profitable before Yellow got ahold of them.
I remember back in 2002 I delivered 10,000 gallons of diesel to the CF Seattle terminal just off of 4th Ave and two days later CF ceased operations, all trucks and trailers were parked in the terminal and the gates were closed.
Thanks again Alex for covering this. I'm a Yellow driver from Wichita Ks. and I'm in the airport in sarasota,fl. Watching this and it brought tears to my eyes to see my union brothers in pain just like I am. I was on vacation when I got the phone call. 27 years of hard work for this company, sacrificed alot to help keep it going. Now I have to go back to Wichita and look for another union job. All I have is abf, t force or maybe ups. I wish all the best to all the drivers caught up in this mess.
My father retired from Yellow in 2004. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2006. I couldn't even BEGIN to imagine how he would react if he saw this company's demise. He put in 29 years driving our of Albuquerque, NM.
Sorry to see these folks go through this. All 3 big truck companies that had unions are all gone now. People seem to forget what happened to Detroit and large union ran operations in the 70s-80s.
No union results in bad conditions. This company failed because of poor debt funded strategies and financial engineering. Trucking was once a reasonable job. Now it sucks.
People remember that once upon a time a job paid reasonable wage, offered reasonable terms and was secure. This is what unions made possible. It's no coincidence that today, for many, work sucks. That's why we need unions.
Yellow isn't over, it's just going to reorganize itself. The trucking assets and physical properties are worth too much. A private equity fund is going to buy it and sever the mismanagement crew that drove it into the ground.
The private equity firms are just as bad as the Yellow management, maybe even worse. Don't count on Private Equity to save the drivers or the company. P.E. is most likely to buy the company and break up the company and sell piece by piece, region by region to other trucking companies.
Nobody is going to touch them because they are union, the work rules that yellow wanted relaxed is what makes them uncompetitive with the non union companies. If a private equity firm takes it over, they will just bleed it to death for the assets.
@@williamevans2176 I understand your sentiment however what to me is the flaw in your thinking is that bankruptcy will sever their relationship with the Teamster's. If the Teamster's want back into whatever survives they have to renegotiate an entire new CBA. I believe the Holland/ABF/Roadway acquisitions are ripe for a sell off or the court may force an auction. A company I worked for went on billion dollar + bankruptcy and the court forced the CEO out because he was toxically incompetent.
What are you guys talking about? Did you Guys even work there? My ex coworkers would milk time. A 6 hour route done in 14. Nothing can be done because of the union rules. Can’t punish an employee through electronic surveillance. I don’t feel bad one bit. They did it to themselves. If you Guys don’t know how things worked maybe don’t comment. It definitely was the fault of workers and the union rules. Imagine that you can’t fire an employee for getting paid double by just parking somewhere for 8 hours on a drop and hook route.
I will always hate my employers cus of going through this. Fuck the management and corporate scum. Union was complacent in all this. They were repeatedly told to intervene sooner. My steward told me just keep coming to work we are gonna get more $. Teamsters didn’t represent the interests of the members.
To all my Teamster brothers an sisters. Old retired CF driver here, God bless you an your families. God has a plan. I was in your shoes back in 02.....it will work out. I worked outa local 385 in Orlando an local 79 in Tampa Fla.
This is so sad that these big companies are so mismanaged! All the middle class are struggling while the CEO’S are loaded. Prayers for all these Union Truckers…🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
That is exactly what I have said. This union decided to play hardball with the company. Which only resulted in all of these drivers losing their jobs. It makes no sense why this union decided to take a hard stance here instead of working with the company to find a solution.
@@AJT-zy9ok the company open their books to the union and showed how they took out a loan to stay in business so no one would lose their jobs. But when it’s not hitting the unions bottom line they don’t care
@joseroberts and don't forget, just after the last negotiation, when O'Brian wouldn't budge and yellow said,it'll mean us shutting down... O'BRIAN posted a picture of him, standing next to a tombstone,with yellow on it! He knew exactly what he was doing. Yellow was made to be the sacrificial lamb, to show ups they would negotiate by playing hardball. It was just to look tough! And the yellow drivers fell for it!
15 years I was a teamster .so Shhhhit let me tell you from being an ex teamster union member . By my own choice I thought that I could do better with a non union company.. bro I tell you from experience there's no better way then to BE PART OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION.. have you even looked up the history of the union.. if not I ask you politely to look up the teamsters history.. it goes back so far . They speak and fight for there members well being . Fairness, equality, and making sure your represented, and by dam you have a chance to be heard.. that dont happen in the non union outfits.. you ever see any other organization fighting for better pay , insurance, retirement,.. really think about that.. how are you better off against a corporation that has the overall say and power due to that they bring money to the community.. you don't have a dam leg to stand on. Your done at that moment when they decide your done... your silenced ! Teamsters union members .. have grievances. Your heard . You have representatives.. its heard over a panel half company half union.. made to be forced to be a fair hearing.. you think you even have anything close to that with non union. Dont be fooled . You'll be with the rest of us poor . And probably still be wondering what had happened to the united States of America.. and probably still not even realize that there's no more unions... people . We always need representatives to speak on behalf of us. Because most of the time we just won't. We take it and move forward... why ? Why choose that route ?
Union companies have been fading sense the 80's. I been through two union companies going out. When its over its over. Hard to accept. Central states had to be bailed out by the government.
I thank you for your work on this Alex. I work for a company in Southern California that has a terminal a few miles down the road from Yellow. Very sad to see the gates are locked, and the place is jampacked with Yellow trucks and trailers just overflowing with equipment. No signs of life. We used to do business with them, picked up a few loads there myself
I wouldn't get too comfortable. Central States needed 36 billion from taxpayers to shore up pensions. 2050 is a hope just like Social Security benefits. A ponzi scheme.
@@MuthaTrucker I figured this out a long time ago. Thankyou for squashing that rumor. However for the employees to benefit from the pension, they must continue to work as a Unionized Employee, until the contract elements of the pension are meant. Just like the contract of the Yellow & Union does not expire until next March, unless Uncle Biden says different. Oh my God, can he pardon Yellow from it's Unionized Contract Obligations? Any lawyers out there?
Alex and wife I truly thank the both of you for being so compassionate to the cause!! Thank you my brother from another mother. You and the wife are humans that show you care about everyone!!!
"YOU GOT PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW JACK ABOUT RUNNING A TRUCKING BUSINESS" Sounds like 95% of the trucking industry. FROM DISPATCHING TO SAFETY, TO OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT!😮😅
My daughter works at a booking company I ask her how this has affected her in booking loads. "Some, but it wasn't sudden so we stopped booking with them weeks in advance so our customer's freight wouldn't get stuck. Being that they fired anyone who was good at their job and refused to fix bills so they went unpaid for months on end. Geee... I wonder why they were having cash flow problems. It's a total mystery... NOT
Everyone is saying Mismanagement...,no they managed it the way they planned. The upper management left with retirement packages in place for themselves
It was like a smash and grab robbery people were only caring about getting money for themselves. Union and the management. I will never forget what teamsters allowed to happen to us. They were complacent in all of this.
@@improvisedsurvival5967 I’m a member of LIUNA in Boston. Our employer contribution to the pension is 9 dollars an hour. Or about $18,000 a year (more if we work OT) ….If Yellow was able to get a deal from the Teamster’s to pay 25 percent of the full rate into The Central States Pension Fund over a 15 year period for 30,000 drivers that’s a huge savings. These drivers got screwed
When company goes down, another company who treats drivers correctly will rise automatically. Freight still has to move no matter what. Stay strong everyone!!
I was a steel worker that the Japanese did the same thing to No pension Federal buyout It happens U all will find other ways to exist Probably welfare if ur older Been there
had one truck driver shaking with that intense focused look the day he and everyone got laid off. it was that living paycheck to paycheck realization. the fact they cant tap into their 401k is what really irks me.
Man I drove for Holland when it transitioned to Yellow Raleigh NC, 2yrs ago before I brought my own truck & this makes me want to cry. A Teamster Vet told me once a Teamster always a Teamster‼️🤝🐴
This is sad man. Best wishes to all the drivers and warehouse workers. That being said, on a lighter note, keep doing what you're doing Alex. Doing a great job!! Also thanks to you're wifey, she's definitely your ride or die man.
The very nice thing about the pension is its not in the companies bank account. Any of those drivers who get another teamster job it will keep adding into the pension funds they have already accumulated. And those that do not get another teamster job, as long as they have 5 years in (5 years to be vested) that money will be there when they retire. But of course the more years of work they put in, the more money they will get when they retire.
Much respect to all those affected by this but my understanding was you had a union to avoid this type of stuff from happening some one some where was filling their pockets. God bless
Truly heartbreaking for them…I’ve only been in the industry about three years now and I’ve seen so many truckers get screwed. One thing a lot of ppl don’t realize is a lot of these trucking companies also don’t take care of their office employees and they get laid off at a moments notice or screwed over time and time again. Coming from a retail side of things to a logistics side of things has been eye opening!
@@bobroberts2371nope. Got laid off and we had two weeks in advance notice. We all worked until the last day. Worked with forklifts, cranes and a lot of valuable tools nothing came up damaged or missing. It depends on the quality of people you hired. A lot of skilled tradesmen wouldn’t do anything like that because it could follow them to the next job plus if they’re union was at least halfway decent I’m sure they’re getting paid for at least the next few weeks even if they’re not working. Good excuse tho
@@georgejungle2255 I’ve personally never had that happen to me or at a job I’ve been at unless it regards theft..but yes I understand companies vary with their process no matter what it may be
@@Yomommahouse I knew people that worked at 2 unrelated food plants that closed. There was zero notice because the risk of poisoning food was too great. They got 2 weeks pay and that effectively was their 2 week notice. In the 80's I watched as unions decimated the already weakened manufacturing base with strikes. Pulling the guard out of the shack at gun point and burning it down, damaging the main building, You know, stuff that shows the company who is boss ( eventually forcing the companies to close ) .
What happened ? I will not defend management but the company had been on shakey ground for years. There was an agreement between the employer and the bargining unit to pay pay a reduced amount into the pension fund several years go. Even at reduced rate the health and welfare payments to the union were still 50 million dollars. A poorly managed company hauling deeply discounted freight cannot survive when freight volumes go down. Cooperation is what kept this company from going under for about 15 years. Sean O'Brien talked tough ,encouraged the strike vote , threatened to put the company out of business. No cooperation no job. The board of directors got their pockets full, the IBT management got their pockets full ,the rank and file got burned. Two out of three ain't bad.
A lot of these drivers thought it was great when Yellow bought out USF Freightways and gutted the company putting thousands of drivers unemployed, now they feel the Karma line!
Bad management. Period. After the debacle of 2008-2010 I took early retirement from Yellow then continue to be screwed by mismanagement. I hope all these drivers, mechanic's, dock workers will find better pasture.
I'm very sorry for the people at yellow I worked 41 yrs for UPS and I m devastated that this could happen. Central States has not been good with our money! The board of Central State is well over paid. Concessions should be made by the executives of Central States they make too much money to miss manage our money!!!!
who got paid? The C suite, with golden parachutes The union, with their contract payout Who didn't The workers, again. So the next time they say "union!" or "we are a big family here", pee on their shoes and tell them it's raining.
Its not just the driver that lost their job. I worked in w&r coordinator department and I lost my job just after 1 year on 7/28. No I don't know what I'm going to do. So its alot of good people in lower management and union workers that now have to find a good job
Yellow tried to close some terminals. Terminals in too close proximity, but the Teamsters blocked the company. When all else failed, Yellow said cuts have to be made, or close the doors. Of course the Teamsters decided to force Yellow out of business. This protected the drivers, now they have no jobs.
Teamsters gave Yellow a 15% wage cut for a ten years. Non union drivers were paid more. Plus the senior employees lost a week's vacation. Meanwhile CEO BILL ZOLLARS walked out the door with a 7 million dollar bonus after the contract was ratified. Yellow was always crying broke.
What happened? Company mismanagement. Drivers threatened to strike so 80% of customers ran for the hills overnight. They rightly didn’t want their freight stuck on the docks. This is the fault of both company and union leaders.
lol. teamsters lost a lot of revenue here. $20 million a year in profits just wiped out. gonna have to charge ups employees more now. too much corporate greed from the teamsters.
I hope as a retired Teamster that these people can land on their feet. But Yellow must have been screwing the hell out of these people because it sounds like they are living paycheck to paycheck.
I retired as a driver from a non union Sysco location. I was a drivers supervisor before I retired. All my drivers made over 100K, had dirt cheap insurance, and too many other benefits to mention. Talk about living paycheck to paycheck, I had numerous drivers that you couldn't even twist their arms into contributing to their 401K! Said they couldn't afford to. Some of these guys were in their mid forties, worked for the company 15 or more years, and hadn't saved a penny yet! But, look in the parking lot and they always had 70K pickup truck and they would trade it in for a new one every 36 months. I retired from Sysco with a pension at 55 years old after working there for 32 years. Between my 401K and Sysco stock I was just shy of 2 million dollars. People are dumb AF with their money. Oh shit, just thought of one more thing before I retired. Years ago, Sysco used to loan drivers money against their upcoming paycheck. And they did charge them interest on it. Wasn't much, but I don't blame them, it did take some paperwork handled by several people to make it happen. Had the same damn drivers OVER AND OVER getting loans. Some damn near every week. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I never needed a loan, but I would have been too humiliated to ask my boss for a loan every week. Naturally, I couldn't say this, but I wanted to say, "Dude, find something at your house worth $1000 and go to a pawn shop and pawn it every week!"
It's really sad how upper management keeps their pockets full. They stomp on the little guy whose actually the backbone and the moneymaker. Their day will come... Goodluck to all the drivers who've lost a job.
@@robertswift6101 But , But how can a union run company fail when they don't have to battle greedy management? Perhaps it would operate like the Teamster run pension plan that, in Dec 2022, got a 36 BILLION bail out from the US govt. . . .
I am a teamster for the past 22 years and I am very embarrassed that a company could just turn their back on those of us that have allowed them to live the lifestyle that they’re living we’re supposed to be partners in this thing called life. Please take another look at things and understand you have that way of life because of us and we have our way of life because of you were supposed to be partners
Much like your pension fund Your 401k is managed by a financial institution and you can roll your 401k over into a different 401k with a different financial institution whenever you want to. Vanguard or Charles Schwab or whatever else would be more than happy to do that for you. You just won't get company matching funds which they're not going to do at this point anyways
@@roboman3737 I guess I don't know how the union works but normally the company you work for matches a certain amount of what you put into the 401k I am sure though that you can roll it over whenever you want into a different account
@@TheDeane I wouldn't, their index funds have been killing it. Of course, some dips, but overall, killing it. But, of course if you need it to pay bills and pay that tax penalty. I get it.
@@roboman3737 I didn't say anything about tax penalties I'm talking about them saying that they can't roll over their 401ks even though they absolutely can
Man im a driver... BUT i do not work for yellow but watching this about all these people that are getting screwed it really makes me wanna CRY and again i do not work here... Yall stay safe
As a non American, this looks like a circus... They cease operations voluntarily but have not declared bankruptcy... The notice is not signed meaning that officially staff is not really terminated (but neither do they seem to be paid). All of this with the US government being their main shareholder. Whether it should remain a going concern is one thing, but whoever sits on the board to represent the US government with its 30% share may is the chap you may want to interview. BEcause whilst the management seems incompetent and greedy, the government presumably took a 30% share when they gave out that bailout to ensure it was used properly.... no?
Most of these Professional Drivers who commented on various channels have had 20 plus years Experience at Yellow. If you manage the Teamster Pension Fund do you want to pay a Full Pension to someone with 30 years of Pension Credits. or would you rather pay someone with 17 or 21 or 23 years of credits a Reduced Pension that this 53 year old can collect when he turns 65. These pensions at Yellow were already reduced due to YRC only paying in 25% of of the contribution as mentioned in this vlog. Who benefits ....the organization that charges $75 per month.
This is not trucking. This is more union bs. Trucking is very profitable for those of us that stayed away from unions. They tried to invade our company and after you run all the numbers your paying the union to make less. No thanks. We voted to send them packing. Ask them how many union leaders lost money or benefits. Not a single one. Yellow tried to make some cuts to survive and teamsters blocked them even after being told it was close some terminals or close the doors. Here we are. For sure there was also mismanagement at yellow. This is both their faults.
My dad is a retired driver, and his pention was - im not sure of the verbiage, but it was taken, lawyers found a way - to put it in their pockets, and the company he worked for (as i understand it), but he drove a truck for same company for atleast 30 years, but had been a truck driver almost his entire adult life
Roadway was not a mismanaged company we were a debt free company before yellow strong arm the board of directors and was a hostile take over of roadway. Yellow is and was a garbage company and they have ruin the trucking industry. They got what they deserved for being so cheap and greedy. And the teamsters let them do and get away with whatever they wanted until O’Brien stood for the workers.
Thanks for standing up for the blue collar brothers. You're doing a beautiful job man!!! Nice that you had Francky and the brothers. Looking forward to your videos. You got a like and a subscriber. I salute you!
Great job! I praise the Lord ( and myself) for leaving that corrupt company management in 2008 and sailing along with my partial pension and a brand new life. Sorry to see the union bros and sis suffer the inevitable News while the non union workers at SAIA handle the freight overflowing and fir less wages & benefits… Irony or sheer coincidence?
In the old days we called this "union busting". Good job YRC! The drivers will get their pensions. Once the dust settles, United States Freight and Yellow will re-emerge as a non-union major LTL carrier offering well-paid jobs with equal benefits.
yep because without it you will be driving for min wage.....why do you think the police and all major sports have unions? they would bleed you dry for record bonuses and profits...just ask the lave workers at amazon or walmart for starters.
@@robertswift6101 you union people are bleeding us dry...36 BILLION dollars wasted on the teamsters union pension that is just unsustainable.... proven by the bailout.....
I was part of yellow as a driver in Canada with YRC teamster union was very helpful in ottawa Canada plus help out to relocate us I can’t speak for everyone Positive attitude is key 🔑 Plus my pay cheques where honour life goes on Positive out come Thankyou teamster Bradley Reid for your support
It's true, it's bad management and bad communication. That's the reason left left my other company, and it was a big one too. Very unorganized and I left one year after that. I'm only 3 years in and I see it in the dispatchers first, then supvisors and then Higher up. Turnover rate is crazy everywhere.
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Praying don't get you nothing but sore knees.
This is why I refuse to put my pride into any company. At the end of the day it's just a job.
put your pride time and effort into your own business or side hustle
Amen ! You do the best job you can for personal satisfaction and personal pride, but like you said it is just a job.
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True dat!
It's sad that nobody's thinking about getting their own lawyer apart from the union. Neither the union nor the company has the employees' interests at heart.
Ups is one of high pay companies and fought to widen pay gap. 🏆 threatened to strike if not. Any action that restricts in California is illegal including strikes to organizing them.. teamsters in a nutshell. Also yellow 💛 is doing lawsuit against teamsters
@@henlohenlo689at ups I’m a feeder driver tractor trailer driver and we got a good raise but there is a bunch of holes in that contract that still benefits ups more than us teamsters workers
Really you can’t sue if ther filing bankruptcy. They’ll get whts in thr annuity/401k and pension
@@seandp85 that irrelevant. Ur not consider larger picture with that statement. They threatened to strike with the purpose of widening pay disparities within the industry. Pretty absurd. While also restricting job creations.
@@henlohenlo689 the larger picture is that the industry will continue to get screwed over corporate greed. we as ups union workers were able to stand up against ups is because there over 340k+ employees.
Just feel the need to point out that YELLOW Teamsters are more than just linehaul drivers, we're also dock workers and yard jockeys. Much respect brother.
And city drivers
@@williamburtjr.8730 My apologies brother, kinda had y'all included with linehaul in my mind.
Teamsters weren't all innocent. They caused inefficiencies that cost the company. Waiting for hours to have a tractor swapped out buy a yard jocky who was sitting on his ass fucking off. You couldn't change your own placards with out permission. You could not check your own oil. And many other petty things. I couldn't tell you how many times they threatened to file a grievance to get 6 hours of pay. Thats the down side of a union and miss use of power.
They did it to the oilfield drivers !!!! And there was no big comtion like these pansies!!!!! Lets go Brandon!!!! FJB!!!!! Or get an electric rig like swift !!!! You know who got your lunch !!! Crooked deals!!! No dishwashers no refrigerator no electric oven either !!!! And most definitely nothing Gas powered thank you Joe Biden
@@jodieallen4203 pansies?
He is right on and you better bet that the CEO left with a big pay out and the minions working for him were sucking millions in bonuses
How about the mismanaged Teamsters pension that needed a 36 BILLION bail out from the US govt?
How about the $$$ that union officials are getting for doing nothing? TDU ORG has a list of about 250 Teamster union officials that make upwards of 150,000 a year with the top around 375,000 . Pensions are not published, wonder why. . ..especially when they received a bail out.
Their stock wasn't worth much, but it was mismanaged, trucking companies should only hire experienced truck drivers to run trucking companies because they know what is going on.
So did union
Ok, that is very bad. But you still have 30k people out of jobs! Wouldn’t further negotiation have been better, even if it meant a lower wage?
Do you have evidence of this? Or are you speculating?
You guys had more warnings than the CF drivers did.
Yep. That happened straight up over night.
Definitely. I remember talking to a CF driver literally three days before they went belly up. He said they were extremely busy, adding some coverage area out of the Milwaukee terminal, then I saw it on the morning news before leaving for work. Very sudden. But Yellow?? Surprised they held on as long as they did. Damn shame about Holland. They were very profitable before Yellow got ahold of them.
@@hemicuda9510 and they made the announcement on Labor Day with a pre recorded message.
I remember back in 2002 I delivered 10,000 gallons of diesel to the CF Seattle terminal just off of 4th Ave and two days later CF ceased operations, all trucks and trailers were parked in the terminal and the gates were closed.
WHOs CF?
Yellow is probably restructuring the company to get the union out
That was my first thought. They’re trying to bust the union.
Exactly 💯 percent. Should be a law suit
Good luck and blessings to these drivers! This is a really messed up situation.
What about the doc workers
Thanks again Alex for covering this. I'm a Yellow driver from Wichita Ks. and I'm in the airport in sarasota,fl. Watching this and it brought tears to my eyes to see my union brothers in pain just like I am. I was on vacation when I got the phone call. 27 years of hard work for this company, sacrificed alot to help keep it going. Now I have to go back to Wichita and look for another union job. All I have is abf, t force or maybe ups. I wish all the best to all the drivers caught up in this mess.
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My father retired from Yellow in 2004. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2006. I couldn't even BEGIN to imagine how he would react if he saw this company's demise. He put in 29 years driving our of Albuquerque, NM.
Thank you Alex, corporate greed is going to be the downfall of the American Worker.
Greedy person = anyone that has more $ than you.
Greedy person = what someone with less $ calls YOU.
already is
Sorry to see these folks go through this.
All 3 big truck companies that had unions are all gone now.
People seem to forget what happened to Detroit and large union ran operations in the 70s-80s.
Yep the UAW now stands for U Ain't Working!!
No union results in bad conditions. This company failed because of poor debt funded strategies and financial engineering. Trucking was once a reasonable job. Now it sucks.
You seem to forget UPS and ABF are still goin strong or ARCBEST but there are teamsters job’s around construction jobs at least in Indy
People remember that once upon a time a job paid reasonable wage, offered reasonable terms and was secure.
This is what unions made possible.
It's no coincidence that today, for many, work sucks.
That's why we need unions.
@@yuglesstube no we dont!! Unions are the problem, dont do anything but take your money & protect the lazy ones
Sucks! Those guys in their late 50’s early 60’s that only have a few years to retirement aren’t gonna get hired as easily as the younger guys.
Yellow isn't over, it's just going to reorganize itself. The trucking assets and physical properties are worth too much. A private equity fund is going to buy it and sever the mismanagement crew that drove it into the ground.
til then , you have to act 100% like your not coming back. go look for other work
The private equity firms are just as bad as the Yellow management, maybe even worse.
Don't count on Private Equity to save the drivers or the company. P.E. is most likely to buy the company and break up the company and sell piece by piece, region by region to other trucking companies.
Exactly!
Nobody is going to touch them because they are union, the work rules that yellow wanted relaxed is what makes them uncompetitive with the non union companies. If a private equity firm takes it over, they will just bleed it to death for the assets.
@@williamevans2176 I understand your sentiment however what to me is the flaw in your thinking is that bankruptcy will sever their relationship with the Teamster's. If the Teamster's want back into whatever survives they have to renegotiate an entire new CBA. I believe the Holland/ABF/Roadway acquisitions are ripe for a sell off or the court may force an auction. A company I worked for went on billion dollar + bankruptcy and the court forced the CEO out because he was toxically incompetent.
Yellow actions are proof of Bad faith against the loyal employees. They deserve to go under. 🤨
Yet, as everyone knows, it was the union that is 100% at fault.
What are you guys talking about? Did you
Guys even work there? My ex coworkers would milk time. A 6 hour route done in 14. Nothing can be done because of the union rules.
Can’t punish an employee through electronic surveillance. I don’t feel bad one bit. They did it to themselves. If you
Guys don’t know how things worked maybe don’t comment. It definitely was the fault of workers and the union rules.
Imagine that you can’t fire an employee for getting paid double by just parking somewhere for 8 hours on a drop and hook route.
I need my job too
I will always hate my employers cus of going through this. Fuck the management and corporate scum. Union was complacent in all this. They were repeatedly told to intervene sooner. My steward told me just keep coming to work we are gonna get more $. Teamsters didn’t represent the interests of the members.
@@knucklehead7456 Yellow is not the only company out there. 🤨
Respect for the drivers
I have the upmost respect for these drivers family loving God fearing men.
Exactly 100‼️‼️👍❤️
To all my Teamster brothers an sisters. Old retired CF driver here, God bless you an your families. God has a plan. I was in your shoes back in 02.....it will work out. I worked outa local 385 in Orlando an local 79 in Tampa Fla.
This is so sad that these big companies are so mismanaged! All the middle class are struggling while the CEO’S are loaded. Prayers for all these Union Truckers…🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The truckers can find a new job? They're not out of work.
Your comments don't make any sense. Doesn't the CEO need all his little people to keep working so they keep getting fat checks.
@@AJT-zy9ok Yes. But the CEO doesn't wanna pay the teamsters to keep the company going though.
This is a disgrace! The company mismanaged their finances and the employees paid for it. If Congress wasn't corrupt, they would be investigating this.
Another uneducated union employee
The teamsters lead those drivers down the wrong path! Not 1 Teamster exec lost their job behind trying to get water from a rock
That is exactly what I have said. This union decided to play hardball with the company. Which only resulted in all of these drivers losing their jobs. It makes no sense why this union decided to take a hard stance here instead of working with the company to find a solution.
@@AJT-zy9ok the company open their books to the union and showed how they took out a loan to stay in business so no one would lose their jobs. But when it’s not hitting the unions bottom line they don’t care
No solution when dealing with liars . Just look at your Government
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@joseroberts and don't forget, just after the last negotiation, when O'Brian wouldn't budge and yellow said,it'll mean us shutting down... O'BRIAN posted a picture of him, standing next to a tombstone,with yellow on it! He knew exactly what he was doing. Yellow was made to be the sacrificial lamb, to show ups they would negotiate by playing hardball. It was just to look tough! And the yellow drivers fell for it!
Asking Teamsters what happened is like asking a snake why that dude died from venom…..
Exactly, they destroyed this company
Teamsters? Mind your business, you know nothing. Enjoy your retirement working at wal mart
As a mop boy… ya hate us cuz you AIN’T us. 😂😂😂😂😂
15 years I was a teamster .so Shhhhit let me tell you from being an ex teamster union member . By my own choice I thought that I could do better with a non union company.. bro I tell you from experience there's no better way then to BE PART OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION.. have you even looked up the history of the union.. if not I ask you politely to look up the teamsters history.. it goes back so far . They speak and fight for there members well being . Fairness, equality, and making sure your represented, and by dam you have a chance to be heard.. that dont happen in the non union outfits.. you ever see any other organization fighting for better pay , insurance, retirement,.. really think about that.. how are you better off against a corporation that has the overall say and power due to that they bring money to the community.. you don't have a dam leg to stand on. Your done at that moment when they decide your done... your silenced ! Teamsters union members .. have grievances. Your heard . You have representatives.. its heard over a panel half company half union.. made to be forced to be a fair hearing.. you think you even have anything close to that with non union. Dont be fooled . You'll be with the rest of us poor . And probably still be wondering what had happened to the united States of America.. and probably still not even realize that there's no more unions... people . We always need representatives to speak on behalf of us. Because most of the time we just won't. We take it and move forward... why ? Why choose that route ?
Prayers for those drivers and their family's.
Union companies have been fading sense the 80's. I been through two union companies going out. When its over its over. Hard to accept. Central states had to be bailed out by the government.
Bailed out by the taxpayers, the gd government doesn’t have any money except ours.
Imagine giving a company 15% of your check and they still can’t profit.
You believe that but more concessions would’ve surely solved their problems 😂
You give them 15% of your check? Where did your check come from?
@@robertlee7606 don’t think too hard about it.
is that what the teamsters charged?
Believe me. The executives profited
MT thanks so much for taking us in for an up close look. We appreciate all your efforts.
I worked for CocaCola/ Teamsters during the 2004 Grocery strike. I starved and they found me no work. 😔
I thank you for your work on this Alex. I work for a company in Southern California that has a terminal a few miles down the road from Yellow. Very sad to see the gates are locked, and the place is jampacked with Yellow trucks and trailers just overflowing with equipment. No signs of life. We used to do business with them, picked up a few loads there myself
The pension doesn't come from Yellow it comes from Teamsters. Funded til 2050.
Yes!!!
I wouldn't get too comfortable. Central States needed 36 billion from taxpayers to shore up pensions. 2050 is a hope just like Social Security benefits. A ponzi scheme.
@@MuthaTrucker I figured this out a long time ago. Thankyou for squashing that rumor. However for the employees to benefit from the pension, they must continue to work as a Unionized Employee, until the contract elements of the pension are meant. Just like the contract of the Yellow & Union does not expire until next March, unless Uncle Biden says different. Oh my God, can he pardon Yellow from it's Unionized Contract Obligations? Any lawyers out there?
I’m glad that you corrected that because of misinformation
Pensions from Central States Pension Fund is not controlled by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Completely under its own control
Why is none of the other media reporting on this
Because it shows how bad things are when democrats are in charge.
hes right. the people that dont know how to run a company are the union and the employees. their greed killed the company and all those jobs
Alex and wife I truly thank the both of you for being so compassionate to the cause!! Thank you my brother from another mother. You and the wife are humans that show you care about everyone!!!
"YOU GOT PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW JACK ABOUT RUNNING A TRUCKING BUSINESS" Sounds like 95% of the trucking industry.
FROM DISPATCHING TO SAFETY, TO OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT!😮😅
They didn’t care about the business they were too busy cooking the numbers
@@improvisedsurvival5967
But remember, "its always the drivers fault".
@@Drive4YourLifeAZ I did my job but ya they blamed us for everything.
All True
This can happen to anyone 😢 nobody is safe unfortunately. I pray you all find new jobs to support your families.
My daughter works at a booking company I ask her how this has affected her in booking loads. "Some, but it wasn't sudden so we stopped booking with them weeks in advance so our customer's freight wouldn't get stuck. Being that they fired anyone who was good at their job and refused to fix bills so they went unpaid for months on end. Geee... I wonder why they were having cash flow problems. It's a total mystery... NOT
Everyone is saying Mismanagement...,no they managed it the way they planned. The upper management left with retirement packages in place for themselves
It was like a smash and grab robbery people were only caring about getting money for themselves. Union and the management. I will never forget what teamsters allowed to happen to us. They were complacent in all of this.
Stand strong Brothers. Thanks for getting that info out. Can’t believe the 25 percent cut on the pension for the last 15 years
I believe it was 75 percent cut so funded 25 percent and yellow still cried poor.
@@improvisedsurvival5967 I’m a member of LIUNA in Boston. Our employer contribution to the pension is 9 dollars an hour. Or about $18,000 a year (more if we work OT) ….If Yellow was able to get a deal from the Teamster’s to pay 25 percent of the full rate into The Central States Pension Fund over a 15 year period for 30,000 drivers that’s a huge savings. These drivers got screwed
True definition of not to depend on a job
Unions and teamsters are trash, people need to realize that, stop listening to them people,as a trucker, be your own boss
Much love to them. God already has it figured out. Everything will be okay 🦾. 🙏🏽
Praying for my friends at Yellow. ❤
Bad managers, bad unions and bad economy. It was bound to happen. Just think of all the money these guys paid to the club and for what...nothing.
When company goes down, another company who treats drivers correctly will rise automatically. Freight still has to move no matter what. Stay strong everyone!!
😂and they are gonna wanna hire yellow drivers. Your very optimistic 😂😂😂
I was a steel worker that the Japanese did the same thing to No pension Federal buyout It happens U all will find other ways to exist Probably welfare if ur older Been there
had one truck driver shaking with that intense focused look the day he and everyone got laid off. it was that living paycheck to paycheck realization. the fact they cant tap into their 401k is what really irks me.
Idk what 401k they have. But if it's a hardship, you can cash out. And yhis definitely is
I know the feeling. I’ve been laid off from the railroad plenty of times.
Man I drove for Holland when it transitioned to Yellow Raleigh NC, 2yrs ago before I brought my own truck & this makes me want to cry. A Teamster Vet told me once a Teamster always a Teamster‼️🤝🐴
This is sad man. Best wishes to all the drivers and warehouse workers.
That being said, on a lighter note, keep doing what you're doing Alex. Doing a great job!! Also thanks to you're wifey, she's definitely your ride or die man.
Appreciate you
Thank the TEAMSTERS!
Unwilling to accept less. Now they all have NONE! 😮 They did the same to Dolly Madison.
The very nice thing about the pension is its not in the companies bank account. Any of those drivers who get another teamster job it will keep adding into the pension funds they have already accumulated. And those that do not get another teamster job, as long as they have 5 years in (5 years to be vested) that money will be there when they retire. But of course the more years of work they put in, the more money they will get when they retire.
Finally! Somebody that knows what he's talking about.
Less of your money put into pension plans and more years of work added to your years needed before you can retire.
Much respect to all those affected by this but my understanding was you had a union to avoid this type of stuff from happening some one some where was filling their pockets. God bless
This should help the driver shortage around the country
Truly heartbreaking for them…I’ve only been in the industry about three years now and I’ve seen so many truckers get screwed. One thing a lot of ppl don’t realize is a lot of these trucking companies also don’t take care of their office employees and they get laid off at a moments notice or screwed over time and time again. Coming from a retail side of things to a logistics side of things has been eye opening!
Do realize that if they gave the union workers any notice they would be damaging freight and equipment don't you?
@@bobroberts2371nope. Got laid off and we had two weeks in advance notice. We all worked until the last day. Worked with forklifts, cranes and a lot of valuable tools nothing came up damaged or missing. It depends on the quality of people you hired. A lot of skilled tradesmen wouldn’t do anything like that because it could follow them to the next job plus if they’re union was at least halfway decent I’m sure they’re getting paid for at least the next few weeks even if they’re not working. Good excuse tho
@@georgejungle2255 I’ve personally never had that happen to me or at a job I’ve been at unless it regards theft..but yes I understand companies vary with their process no matter what it may be
@@Yomommahouse I knew people that worked at 2 unrelated food plants that closed. There was zero notice because the risk of poisoning food was too great. They got 2 weeks pay and that effectively was their 2 week notice.
In the 80's I watched as unions decimated the already weakened manufacturing base with strikes. Pulling the guard out of the shack at gun point and burning it down, damaging the main building, You know, stuff that shows the company who is boss ( eventually forcing the companies to close ) .
@@Yomommahouse Also, in other vids commenters are talking about burning trucks and terminals.
What happened ? I will not defend management but the company had been on shakey ground for years. There was an agreement between the employer and the bargining unit to pay pay a reduced amount into the pension fund several years go. Even at reduced rate the health and welfare payments to the union were still 50 million dollars. A poorly managed company hauling deeply discounted freight cannot survive when freight volumes go down.
Cooperation is what kept this company from going under for about 15 years. Sean O'Brien talked tough ,encouraged the strike vote , threatened to put the company out of business. No cooperation no job. The board of directors got their pockets full, the IBT management got their pockets full ,the rank and file got burned. Two out of three ain't bad.
A lot of these drivers thought it was great when Yellow bought out USF Freightways and gutted the company putting thousands of drivers unemployed, now they feel the Karma line!
Did they also merge with Roadway also?
Union should of never let them cut the Retirement! WTF 🤬
Blame the Teamsters, they RUN the pension plan. Well sort of, they miss managed it and needed a 36 BILLION bailout.
Bad management. Period. After the debacle of 2008-2010 I took early retirement from Yellow then continue to be screwed by mismanagement. I hope all these drivers, mechanic's, dock workers will find better pasture.
Yellow was mismanaged for decades. Hopefully all the drivers find work quickly.
They said yellow get 700 million bail out!! But they doesn't talk about union get 36 billions bailout!!😂
Yep, that happened Dec 2022.
I'm very sorry for the people at yellow I worked 41 yrs for UPS and I m devastated that this could happen. Central States has not been good with our money! The board of Central State is well over paid. Concessions should be made by the executives of Central States they make too much money to miss manage our money!!!!
Prayers for them and that everything turns out ok for them.🙏🙏🌈🦋🦋
who got paid?
The C suite, with golden parachutes
The union, with their contract payout
Who didn't
The workers, again.
So the next time they say "union!" or "we are a big family here", pee on their shoes and tell them it's raining.
Teamsters fail to compromise and negotiate a deal with Yellow. A compromise would have been better than no job.
Just keep allowing geeedy corp take money from others while they get pockets fat wow
Shit started going down hill a month ago. I would have been looking for a job then, Not waiting until the company goes under officially.
dude you’re doing great work man
It's sad these people hanging on to this company. They definitely don't have their trust in Jesus 😢
I still have my freight stuck on a rail car at YRC. What a mess!!
The union will not provide the truth.
And people wonder why everyone wants to work for themselves
Its not just the driver that lost their job. I worked in w&r coordinator department and I lost my job just after 1 year on 7/28. No I don't know what I'm going to do. So its alot of good people in lower management and union workers that now have to find a good job
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Not Only Teamsters Union Brothers and Sisters!But 701 Mechanics Local Members!We sat side by side in Solidarity!
Yellow tried to close some terminals. Terminals in too close proximity, but the Teamsters blocked the company. When all else failed, Yellow said cuts have to be made, or close the doors. Of course the Teamsters decided to force Yellow out of business. This protected the drivers, now they have no jobs.
And how many union bosses lost their jobs? Prayers for the drivers and their families
Teamsters gave Yellow a 15% wage cut for a ten years. Non union drivers were paid more. Plus the senior employees lost a week's vacation. Meanwhile CEO BILL ZOLLARS walked out the door with a 7 million dollar bonus after the contract was ratified. Yellow was always crying broke.
Praying for the truckers.
imagine paying 27 years of union dues and they do nothing for you
Kind of like taxes.
Unions are corporations as well for all those claiming “Corporate Greed”
What happened? Company mismanagement. Drivers threatened to strike so 80% of customers ran for the hills overnight. They rightly didn’t want their freight stuck on the docks. This is the fault of both company and union leaders.
Disclaimer: No Union Officials were harmed in the making of this video or by the closing of any company.
lol. teamsters lost a lot of revenue here. $20 million a year in profits just wiped out. gonna have to charge ups employees more now. too much corporate greed from the teamsters.
@@SgtJoeSmith EXACTLY!
What do you expect from people who think orange is yellow......
I hope as a retired Teamster that these people can land on their feet. But Yellow must have been screwing the hell out of these people because it sounds like they are living paycheck to paycheck.
Lowest paid prevailing wage union job out there. They fucked us and didn’t even give us a reach around
Top pay was $27hr 😂
@@Charlesbjtown was pathetic for sure. Medical was top notch and honestly I liked the guys I worked with.
@@improvisedsurvival5967 , $ 27 isn’t bad for a do nothing steering wheel holder.
I retired as a driver from a non union Sysco location. I was a drivers supervisor before I retired. All my drivers made over 100K, had dirt cheap insurance, and too many other benefits to mention. Talk about living paycheck to paycheck, I had numerous drivers that you couldn't even twist their arms into contributing to their 401K! Said they couldn't afford to. Some of these guys were in their mid forties, worked for the company 15 or more years, and hadn't saved a penny yet! But, look in the parking lot and they always had 70K pickup truck and they would trade it in for a new one every 36 months. I retired from Sysco with a pension at 55 years old after working there for 32 years. Between my 401K and Sysco stock I was just shy of 2 million dollars. People are dumb AF with their money. Oh shit, just thought of one more thing before I retired. Years ago, Sysco used to loan drivers money against their upcoming paycheck. And they did charge them interest on it. Wasn't much, but I don't blame them, it did take some paperwork handled by several people to make it happen. Had the same damn drivers OVER AND OVER getting loans. Some damn near every week. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I never needed a loan, but I would have been too humiliated to ask my boss for a loan every week. Naturally, I couldn't say this, but I wanted to say, "Dude, find something at your house worth $1000 and go to a pawn shop and pawn it every week!"
Blessings to all you guys and gals out there. God got you!!!
It's really sad how upper management keeps their pockets full. They stomp on the little guy whose actually the backbone and the moneymaker. Their day will come... Goodluck to all the drivers who've lost a job.
Now is the time for union workers to buy what is left of the company and start again. Wages need to go up by 50 % too.
@@bobroberts2371 no money to be made doing it that way.....pass
@@robertswift6101 But , But how can a union run company fail when they don't have to battle greedy management? Perhaps it would operate like the Teamster run pension plan that, in Dec 2022, got a 36 BILLION bail out from the US govt. . . .
Praying for our truckers!!!
I am a teamster for the past 22 years and I am very embarrassed that a company could just turn their back on those of us that have allowed them to live the lifestyle that they’re living we’re supposed to be partners in this thing called life. Please take another look at things and understand you have that way of life because of us and we have our way of life because of you were supposed to be partners
I just threw up a little in my throat
that was for main mistake in allowing the company not to make full pension deposits. Central States Pension has been mismanaged for years.
Employees basically bailed out the company only for the company to fuck them with no Vaseline
Much like your pension fund Your 401k is managed by a financial institution and you can roll your 401k over into a different 401k with a different financial institution whenever you want to. Vanguard or Charles Schwab or whatever else would be more than happy to do that for you. You just won't get company matching funds which they're not going to do at this point anyways
The union doesn't match anyway. It's through fidelity, and they invest the funds.
@@roboman3737 I guess I don't know how the union works but normally the company you work for matches a certain amount of what you put into the 401k I am sure though that you can roll it over whenever you want into a different account
@@TheDeane I wouldn't, their index funds have been killing it. Of course, some dips, but overall, killing it. But, of course if you need it to pay bills and pay that tax penalty. I get it.
Yes, I know there is no tax penalty to roll it over.
@@roboman3737 I didn't say anything about tax penalties I'm talking about them saying that they can't roll over their 401ks even though they absolutely can
Chicago Heights, Illinois, terminal 309. They’re working over there to.
Man im a driver... BUT i do not work for yellow but watching this about all these people that are getting screwed it really makes me wanna CRY and again i do not work here... Yall stay safe
As a non American, this looks like a circus... They cease operations voluntarily but have not declared bankruptcy... The notice is not signed meaning that officially staff is not really terminated (but neither do they seem to be paid). All of this with the US government being their main shareholder. Whether it should remain a going concern is one thing, but whoever sits on the board to represent the US government with its 30% share may is the chap you may want to interview. BEcause whilst the management seems incompetent and greedy, the government presumably took a 30% share when they gave out that bailout to ensure it was used properly.... no?
Where's JOE BIDEN, He's a big Union supporter.
NO MONEY FOR THE BIG GUY
He was also a trucker and an astronaut 🤠
Most of these Professional Drivers who commented on various channels have had 20 plus years Experience at Yellow. If you manage the Teamster Pension Fund do you want to pay a Full Pension to someone with 30 years of Pension Credits. or would you rather pay someone with 17 or 21 or 23 years of credits a Reduced Pension that this 53 year old can collect when he turns 65. These pensions at Yellow were already reduced due to YRC only paying in 25% of of the contribution as mentioned in this vlog. Who benefits ....the organization that charges $75 per month.
Trying to get into the trucking life watching this breaks my heart.
This is not trucking. This is more union bs. Trucking is very profitable for those of us that stayed away from unions. They tried to invade our company and after you run all the numbers your paying the union to make less. No thanks. We voted to send them packing. Ask them how many union leaders lost money or benefits. Not a single one. Yellow tried to make some cuts to survive and teamsters blocked them even after being told it was close some terminals or close the doors. Here we are. For sure there was also mismanagement at yellow. This is both their faults.
My son has been a trucker for last 2 yrs. He does not have these issues. Pay attention and the good companies are out there
My dad is a retired driver, and his pention was - im not sure of the verbiage, but it was taken, lawyers found a way - to put it in their pockets, and the company he worked for (as i understand it), but he drove a truck for same company for atleast 30 years, but had been a truck driver almost his entire adult life
Your first mistake was trust in the union you would be a fool to think the union knew nothing about their true intentions plain foolish
Roadway was not a mismanaged company we were a debt free company before yellow strong arm the board of directors and was a hostile take over of roadway. Yellow is and was a garbage company and they have ruin the trucking industry. They got what they deserved for being so cheap and greedy. And the teamsters let them do and get away with whatever they wanted until O’Brien stood for the workers.
Can't hardly trust any company these days, have a plan B when it comes to retirement...
The Teamsters union runs the pension plan, it got bailed out Dec 2022 to the tune of 36 BILLION. What say you now?
@@bobroberts2371 Don't trust any entity but yourself
Thanks for standing up for the blue collar brothers. You're doing a beautiful job man!!! Nice that you had Francky and the brothers. Looking forward to your videos. You got a like and a subscriber. I salute you!
Great job! I praise the Lord ( and myself) for leaving that corrupt company management in 2008 and sailing along with my partial pension and a brand new life. Sorry to see the union bros and sis suffer the inevitable News while the non union workers at SAIA handle the freight overflowing and fir less wages & benefits… Irony or sheer coincidence?
In the old days we called this "union busting". Good job YRC! The drivers will get their pensions. Once the dust settles, United States Freight and Yellow will re-emerge as a non-union major LTL carrier offering well-paid jobs with equal benefits.
This is what you get when you go union. Well deserved imo... teamsters are crooks
yep because without it you will be driving for min wage.....why do you think the police and all major sports have unions? they would bleed you dry for record bonuses and profits...just ask the lave workers at amazon or walmart for starters.
@@robertswift6101 you union people are bleeding us dry...36 BILLION dollars wasted on the teamsters union pension that is just unsustainable.... proven by the bailout.....
I was part of yellow as a driver in Canada with YRC teamster union was very helpful in ottawa Canada plus help out to relocate us
I can’t speak for everyone
Positive attitude is key 🔑
Plus my pay cheques where honour
life goes on
Positive out come
Thankyou teamster Bradley Reid for your support
It's true, it's bad management and bad communication. That's the reason left left my other company, and it was a big one too. Very unorganized and I left one year after that. I'm only 3 years in and I see it in the dispatchers first, then supvisors and then Higher up. Turnover rate is crazy everywhere.
Was in the UMWA for years and years. Did it out of tradition till I had enough. Finished my mining career “scabbin” and it was awesome. We had great crews that were focused. No deadbeats smoking underground to blowup the mine.