I heard a nasty little rumor, I heard that a lot of roadway and yellow terminals were going to be combined. Even in the large break bulk cities like Salt Lake City. Any truth or just slop from the rumor mill ?
they will not combine yellow and roadway...
these two are the bread and butter company....dont want to tinker to much with the ones that work.
When Yellow first bought Roadway all I heard were the "so-called experts" in the drivers rooms. They were spreading their doom and gloom about how the company was already planning on merging the two together and that many of us would be out of a job. Well, 4 years later they still haven't done it and none of us are out of job because of that. If a merger had been planned at the beginning, it would have already been done by now. Maybe a merger might happen, but I think it's clear that it will only be done as a last resort. Sounds like a lot of the "doom and gloomers" on this contract and our union.When the purchase first went through, I couldn't believe they would leave them separate for six months, its been 4 years.
USF and Yellow/Roadway are totally different from one another. What is going on at Holland/Reddaway is sad for sure, but is a different thing totally from what is or will go on here.They don't have to merge! They can run the companys independently of each other, and then downsize individual companys like they are doing now at USF Holland and USF Reddaway. One day they come into your barn and say "we're not servicing this area anymore"! "We're sorry but you're out of a job. You can go apply at one of our sister companies." The same customers you were picking up and delivering from a couple of days or weeks ago, will now have their same freight picked up by a YRC sister company!
Now you're out on layoff (let's say a 20 plus year man) and your union brother at one of our YRC sister company's with 10 year is now picking up your freight. You might get hired at that "YRC sister company", but you will start at 90% of the union scale, and will lose your 5 weeks vacation, at all your seniority for bidding/bumping, etc...
YRC won't merge anything! They don't have to! Article 5 is outdated and won't apply, and YRC will be able to take apart USF, Roadway, or Yellow, piece by piece, one barn at a time! Watch what happens at USF as our first example! FIGHT THE POWER!:USA:
They don't have to merge! They can run the companys independently of each other, and then downsize individual companys like they are doing now at USF Holland and USF Reddaway. One day they come into your barn and say "we're not servicing this area anymore"! "We're sorry but you're out of a job. You can go apply at one of our sister companies." The same customers you were picking up and delivering from a couple of days or weeks ago, will now have their same freight picked up by a YRC sister company!
Now you're out on layoff (let's say a 20 plus year man) and your union brother at one of our YRC sister company's with 10 year is now picking up your freight. You might get hired at that "YRC sister company", but you will start at 90% of the union scale, and will lose your 5 weeks vacation, at all your seniority for bidding/bumping, etc...
YRC won't merge anything! They don't have to! Article 5 is outdated and won't apply, and YRC will be able to take apart USF, Roadway, or Yellow, piece by piece, one barn at a time! Watch what happens at USF as our first example! FIGHT THE POWER!:USA: