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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, [2] the union now represents a diverse membership of blue- and white-collar workers in both the public and private sectors, totalling about 1.3 million members in 2015. [1]
The trucking companies had formed Trucking Management Inc. as a negotiating group to work on their behalf in negotiations with the Teamsters. [10] However, when talks broke down the Teamsters called a strike which ended up lasting 24 days. [4] The strike contributed to Roadway Express losing US$68 million for the quarter. [11]
In 1957, Old Dominion extended its operations to most major markets in North Carolina and southern Virginia. Five years later, in 1962, the company relocated its headquarters to High Point, North Carolina and merged with Bottoms-Fiske trucking company. [20] [7] Between 1969 and 1979, the company acquired several competing trucking lines.
Yellow Corp., a 99-year-old trucking company that was once a dominant player in its field, halted operations Sunday and will lay off all 30,000 of its workers. ... The Teamsters said Monday the ...
The company has blamed its problems on an inability to reach a new labor deal with the Teamsters union, which represented 22,000 workers at Yellow, including Roper. The union says the problem was ...
A sign informs customers and union employees that the Yellow Corp. facility lot is closed after the freight trucking company ceased all operations, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 31, 2023.
The strike was the result of a breakdown in negotiations between the Teamsters and Trucking Management Inc., a negotiating group which represented 23 large trucking companies including Roadway Express, Consolidated Freightways, and Yellow Freight. [11]
Troubled trucking company Yellow Corp. is shutting down and headed for a bankruptcy, the Teamsters said Monday. An official bankruptcy filing is expected any day for Yellow, after years of ...