Yellow | Positive Sign, well, at least it isn't bad news!

9 years and you were laid off? Man that's bad, Yellow has only got up to about 4 years in Seattle. Which ABF barn are you at?

odawg10 said:

I really hope yrc can figure it out at stick around. I have worked for abf for 9 years and just got layed off. Times are bad. But we need all of our union brothers and sisters for the future. With out us we will all be making $15 top scale.

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15 will be high in wages, not including the cost of the CDL you must have to drive one of these Beasts.

odawg10 said:

I really hope yrc can figure it out at stick around. I have worked for abf for 9 years and just got layed off. Times are bad. But we need all of our union brothers and sisters for the future. With out us we will all be making $15 top scale.

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they are abolishing bids at 135 held by guys with 12 years. whoda thunk?:mfight:

ripper said:

they are abolishing bids at 135 held by guys with 12 years. whoda thunk?:mfight:

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Just talked to my buddy and he has 61/2 year at Carlise and now has 4 guys behind him. If Lancaster guys come in might he get laid off? It won't hurt him because he is 72 years old ,his wife and him are on SS and has 50 years in union Don't tell me that he should retire stuff . Ive tried to get him to hang it up so i have some one to go to Sears with and watch people try on shoes on I retired at 58 and am bored as hell. I do have part time work at Sherwin Williams that pays 8.50 $$ an hour. After 6 months i got bumped up to $8.75 per hour, they dom't make me go out with paint in bad weather.

This is very good news - and puts our cash reserves at over 770 million!


this finishing off of lease backs will allow us to go full force into the merger and get the trucks moving strong this spring.



"YRC Worldwide Completes First Phase of Financing Transaction
- Receives $101 Million of Cash Proceeds
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jan 30, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- YRC Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: YRCW) announced today that it has closed the first part of the sale and financing leaseback transaction from a contract with NATMI Truck Terminals, LLC ("NATMI") entered on December 19, 2008. The company received approximately $101 million of proceeds today and expects to receive approximately $50 million more in the second closing. "

Although you hate to lose accounts. Losing Home Depot might be on purpose. Anyone who ever delivered to them knows this. Late night appointments, no one answers door, new receiving clerk every month, no room for your deliveries,.....ETC. I know we use accounts like HD to push the more profitable freight through the system but I never saw how we made any money or broke even with this account.

abigbutthead said:

Although you hate to lose accounts. Losing Home Depot might be on purpose. Anyone who ever delivered to them knows this. Late night appointments, no one answers door, new receiving clerk every month, no room for your deliveries,.....ETC. I know we use accounts like HD to push the more profitable freight through the system but I never saw how we made any money or broke even with this account.

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Right on the money with your comments. When the freight was put on a peddle because (It's only 2 skids) it's just as bad!

Always a delay,costs the company 4 or 5 stops per day but the company doesn't want to hear that!