https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms?cdrid=45333
Based on this definition, maybe YRC is more a boil on the butt of the body, trucking?
Maybe more so a Red Giant evolving to white dwarf and imminently, black dwarf?
But, a cancer? Not a chance.
From the definition quoted even though I do like your analogy as well!
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A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy.
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Yellow is the cell that divided and invaded near by tissue--- "Preston, Jevic, Roadway, USF(Holland,Red Star,Redway,Dugan), New Penn, the list going back over the years grow's as we all know.
It spreads throughout the system and destroys good cells... I.E. above mentioned companies.
When putting pen to paper one of the most difficulties at times is choosing a title that conveys the direction of the article. Using a simple analogy that is easy for a reader to relate to is often the best. I simply chose this analogy because we all know someone or have experienced it in our lives. Over on the Holland thread it was misconceived as being insensitive to those who have suffered through it and that was not the intention or point of the article.
That said when you actually do the math and these are low average numbers by the way, combined the givebacks alone not including the pension and vacations given up hovers around 3 Billion dollars. The actual numbers are higher given overtime and additional factors.
I have read most of the feedback and what newer drivers do not really understand is that we either agreed or were forced into this giveback in one way or another. For those who were with the companies prior to 2009 the pill though bitter was able to be swallowed till 2015. The ensuing MOU in 2014 to 2019 was what drove the moral into the pits.
Many continued to hold the line on work ethic alone and performed their duties accordingly, while others lost heart in it all but as mentioned were buying time. The problem there is that the time needed for full service with the freeze in pensions only made it worse so that has made the moral decline even more for many.
With open eyes the company is failing and it is only a matter of time because nothing is really being done to fix that problem. No matter how much sacrifice the rank and file make without absolute change it will join the bone yard.
The article was written to provoke thought and express what so many feel but will not openly state. Management reads these boards as well as officers in the Union local and international. They need to understand that open discussion and the understanding that the rank and file are not what they make us out to be behind closed doors. That was what the statement in the first paragraph was about..
By the way I know some will misconstrue the article as someone being disgruntled and in some ways it is, but its is the truth.