Yellow Freight closure thread

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by ColoradoLinehaul, Jun 26, 2023.

  1. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Amazon drivers are doing a UPS driver’s workload for half of what a UPS driver makes.

    I wonder how many of them actually know that.
     
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  3. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    I would imagine from the looks of many that they aren’t eligible for UPS employment.

    Also looking at the beat up vans they’d likely fail a driving test.
     
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  4. intrepidor

    intrepidor Medium Load Member

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    With so many of YRC's customers having diverted their shipments after the threat of strike how does YRC expect to stay alive with very little revenue being generated?
     
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  5. lual

    lual Road Train Member

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    ^^^^^^^^ Checkmate ^^^^^^^^ :(

    -- L
     
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  6. road_runner

    road_runner Road Train Member

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    Layoffs. Word has it we laid off 800 drivers with 200 more getting the boot tomorrow (or today if you are in the Eastern time zone).

    I was called in to work the dock for 5 hours since all of our dock casuals also got laid off. We sent out 40 bills on three linehaul trucks. Usually it's 400+ bills on 12 or more linehaul drivers.

    So yeah. That's how that's going.
     
  7. FLHT

    FLHT Road Train Member

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    What about your 8 hour guarantee ?
     
  8. carramrod32

    carramrod32 Heavy Load Member

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    I’m at a end of the line terminal in the midwest and yesterday we picked up a whopping 8 billls. Generally it’s 60 on the low side and as high as 110.
    One saving grace at least for now is we are still getting a decent amount of inbound freight and that’s because Omaha is backlogged still. That will only last so long.
     
  9. road_runner

    road_runner Road Train Member

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    They don't honor it if you are on layoff status.
     
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  10. Old_n_gray

    Old_n_gray Road Train Member

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    Never ending with those A holes.
     
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  11. FLHT

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    I would file on it...
    Why help them out if they are going to throw you under the bus...
     
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