March 26, 2024
The Teamsters have defeated Yellow Corp.'s $137 million lawsuit accusing them of pushing the trucking company into bankruptcy through intransigence in negotiations over a corporate restructuring, with a Kansas federal judge finding the company didn't exhaust the grievance process under a union contract before suing.
March 11, 2024
A Kansas federal judge shot down the Teamsters' request to pause the discovery process in a $137 million lawsuit accusing the union of holding up a necessary corporate restructuring at the now-bankrupt trucking company Yellow Corp., ordering the union to keep producing documents.
March 04, 2024
A Kansas federal judge should decide whether Yellow Corp.'s $137 million lawsuit against the Teamsters can survive the union's dismissal bid before making the union produce more documents, the Teamsters said, looking to pause the discovery process in litigation accusing the union of holding up a corporate restructuring.
November 22, 2023
Three Teamsters locals said Yellow Corp. has overblown their roles in a Kansas federal suit alleging the labor groups held up corporate restructuring that cost the trucking business $137 million, arguing Wednesday that the decision-making at issue rests only with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
November 13, 2023
A Kansas federal magistrate judge denied the Teamsters' request to stay a suit brought by trucking firm Yellow Corp. accusing the union of breaching a collective bargaining agreement, finding the Teamsters had not proven that participating in discovery would be enough of a burden to warrant pausing the proceedings.
November 02, 2023
Trucking firm Yellow Corp. wasn't required to go through the grievance process before going to court seeking more than $137 million in damages for claims that the Teamsters led Yellow to file for bankruptcy, the company argued as it urged a Kansas federal judge not to toss its suit.
October 12, 2023
Yellow Corp. can't transfer its suit against the Teamsters seeking $137 million in damages to bankruptcy court, a Kansas federal judge ruled in a decision docketed Thursday, finding the company couldn't have taken this case to Delaware federal court under federal labor law jurisdiction requirements.
August 29, 2023
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has accused Yellow Corp. of "brazen forum shopping" by trying to move claims the union drove the trucking company into Chapter 11 into bankruptcy court before the union's motion to dismiss the case can be heard.
August 21, 2023
Yellow Corp.-operated companies YRC Freight and USF Holland LLC told a Kansas federal judge that, because Yellow has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, its suit in Kansas alleging the International Brotherhood of Teamsters sank the company should be transferred to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court.
July 24, 2023
The Central States Health and Welfare Fund agreed not to cut off health care benefits for about 11,000 truckers at Yellow Corp.-operated companies YRC Freight and Holland, averting a strike by the Teamsters that was set to begin Monday, the union announced.