It was never wages that took down union companies. It was always benefit costs and work rules.
Times change. Any business that does not evolve dies. It is impossible to be efficient if there is this strict division of labor between road, city, dock and yard. Paying a driver to wait on a load or wait on a hook cannot be justified in 2021. Wait time must be reduced or eliminated entirely if YRC is to survive. Wait time must become work time. Will that mean fewer jobs? Absolutely. In an industry where the only controllable expense is labor, labor must be used efficiently.
Health insurance with no co-pays and no deductibles is no longer sustainable. A $500.00 a year family deductible would save YRC more than $10 million a year. $500.00 a year per family is a little more than $40.00 a month but it could be the difference between having a six figure job and unemployment.
The consumer demands better, faster, cheaper. If YRC can't become competitive, YRC can't remain in business.