Re:Trucking Giant Yellow Shuts Down Operations
by toomuchtodo on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:41PM
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Yellow’s poor management is what drove the company under, not the union. It’s specifically discussed in the article. Loaded up with debt, took on a $700M loan with the Trump admin during COVID, still couldn’t manage appropriately.
Re:Trucking Giant Yellow Shuts Down Operations
by acdha on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:48PM
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Given their financial struggles for most of the current century and the way the Teamsters bailed them out during the financial crisis, I’m skeptical of any explanation which absolves management of any responsibility. It especially sounds like their quality issues matter more: you might be able to skimp on that in a bull market but when things get tight customers will have few qualms ditching a low-quality service.
Re:Trucking Giant Yellow Shuts Down Operations
by xtrohnx on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:39PM
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This is a massive bummer - Teamsters helped protect and unionize a good number of ASD folks (my brother included) with Yellow/YRC and helped provide them with excellent jobs and benefits. My heart goes out to everyone affected by the shut down.
Re:Trucking Giant Yellow Shuts Down Operations
by xtrohnx on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:26AM
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A lot of folks in the data processing areas of Yellow were folks on the autistic spectrum, at least in the local branch here, because ASD service organizations helped with interviews and hiring. Because of the nature of the data processing, it fits well with many of the employees lifestyles and comfort, ie: my brother was able to come into work with headphones, he could focus on the data entry and verification, and people in the office were aware of his situation. It took our family a long time to help get my brother into a place like that. Not because he wasn't qualified, but it's hard to find places with reasonable accessibility and understanding about people living with autism.
The Teamsters worked hard to keep everyone employed with good benefits - I had over a decade of relief knowing my brother had a job that gave him independence and a pension. The Teamsters saved Yellow around a decade ago by renegotiating salaries so no layoffs had to occur, which also saved my brother's job at the time.
Like the other comments mentioned I can vouch firsthand that it wasn't the Teamsters that botched the business, it was absolutely executive mismanagement. The union kept that place going for a long time.
Re:Trucking Giant Yellow Shuts Down Operations
by callalex on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:12PM
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Thank you for your thoughtful reply but I was simply using the Socratic method on the obviously bigoted and shitty person I was replying to, who thinks the company went out of business because some of their employees were on the spectrum.
The teamsters bailed the company out during the 2010s.
This anti-union sentiment is just appalling.
The Teamsters worked hard to keep everyone employed with good benefits - I had over a decade of relief knowing my brother had a job that gave him independence and a pension. The Teamsters saved Yellow around a decade ago by renegotiating salaries so no layoffs had to occur, which also saved my brother's job at the time.
Like the other comments mentioned I can vouch firsthand that it wasn't the Teamsters that botched the business, it was absolutely executive mismanagement. The union kept that place going for a long time.