Government, Business, TCA

Washington Tunes Into Fixes for Teamsters’ Failing Central States Pension

Secretary Steven Mnuchin met last week with 25 Teamsters retirees from groups in 15 states. They included Tom Schwarzenberger, who said the focus on possible solutions to the pension’s funding shortfall marked something of a milestone.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
July 18, 2017
Business

YRC Worldwide Tells Lenders to Expect Sharply Higher Operating Results This Year

YRC Worldwide told its lenders that it expects sharply higher operating income and increased revenues this year as the two sides negotiated terms of some existing debt.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
July 12, 2017
Government, Business

Teamsters to Meet With Mnuchin on Central States Pension Fund

A group of 25 Teamsters pensioners will meet July 11 in Washington with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about failing pension plans.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
July 10, 2017
TCA

YRC Worldwide Sheds 180 Management and Other Nonunion Jobs as Quarterly Loss Doubles

Overland Park, Kan.-based YRC Worldwide Inc. said that its financial loss doubled in the first quarter and that it cut 180 management and other nonunion jobs in a streamlining effort to make the trucking business more efficient.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
May 8, 2017
TCA

YRC Freight Tries Pay Raises for Hard-to-Fill Teamsters Jobs

YRC Freight and two of its regional trucking affiliates have turned to pay raises for some hard-to-fill jobs three years after their parent company won pay cuts and other concessions from its Teamsters workforce to avoid bankruptcy.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
April 21, 2017
TCA

YRC Chief Financial Officer Jamie Pierson Resigns

The chief financial officer of YRC Worldwide Inc., Jamie Pierson, has resigned, effective at the end of the year, to work for an unidentified company near his home in the Dallas area.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
November 28, 2016
Business

YRC Worldwide Will Pay Union Profit Sharing Despite $23.5 Million Loss in Fourth Quarter

YRC Worldwide Inc. will make $5.5 million in profit-sharing payments to some of its union employees after posting a small profit for 2015.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
February 5, 2016
Business

YRC Freight Adds to Management Team

YRC Freight, the nationwide trucking operation of YRC Worldwide Inc., has added three vice presidents to its management team and promoted another to a higher post.

Mark Davis | The Kansas City Star
January 27, 2016