Laid-Off Workers Will Be Offered Preferential Hiring At Yellow, Roadway
The Teamsters Union is taking steps to help 800 workers who are losing their jobs in the wake of USF Reddaway's and USF Holland's announcement today that it is closing its operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and New Mexico on February 22.
"We realize this is a very difficult time for our members, and we are doing everything possible to lessen the blow," said Tyson Johnson, director of the Teamsters National Freight Division.
Under letters of understanding between Yellow Freight, Inc. and Roadway Express, Inc., USF Reddaway and USF Holland employees will be offered preferential hiring, provided they meet all hiring standards at Yellow or Roadway after all regular Yellow or Roadway employees have been recalled from layoff and after all employees eligible under the National Master Freight Agreement have been offered a work opportunity. USF Reddaway, USF Holland, Yellow and Roadway have the same parent company, YRC Worldwide, Inc.
Also, the laid-off Reddaway and Holland workers will receive full pay and sick leave, personal leave and other accrued personal time off that is owed to them.
The layoffs will occur in Abilene, Amarillo, Odessa, Sherman, Tyler, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, Laredo, Brownsville and Austin, all in Texas; in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; Albany and Metter, Georgia; Lumberton, North Carolina; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, the closures at these locations will affect the amount of work at other locations.
Teamsters should visit the union's web site, www.teamster.org, for additional information.
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