YRC Freight Announces Driver Hiring Initiative

Company plans to fill 200 positions; Benefits include union contract pay rates and full paid health care

YRC Freight, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. has announced immediate plans to hire 200 qualified over-the-road drivers in cities across the U.S., primarily in Maybrook, NY; Buffalo, NY; St. Paul, MN; Chicago, Il; Salt Lake City, UT; Akron, OH; Cleveland, OH; Cincinnati, OH; North

YRC Worldwide Named to 2012 FORTUNE 500 List

YRC Worldwide Inc. today announced it has been named to the FORTUNE 500 list of the largest U.S.-based companies. YRCW was ranked 487 overall.

"We are in good company, as many of the organizations on this list are among our more than 200,000 customers that depend on our LTL service as a critical part of their supply chains," said James Welch, chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide. "We

ABF Service Centers Recognized as 'Best of the Best' with President's Quality Awards

ABF service centers in Kansas City, Mo., Seattle, Wash., Ogden, Utah, and St. Joseph, Mo., are being recognized with the prestigious President’s Quality Award from ABF President and CEO Roy Slagle. The award recognizes service centers most exemplifying the ABF Quality Process, which are considered the “Best of the Best.”

“The use of the five-step problem elimination process and the use of

YRC’s USF Holland president resigns for ‘other opportunities’

One of YRC Worldwide Inc.’s regional trucking companies is losing its leader.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission    filing Thursday, the Overland Park-based company disclosed that Michael Naatz, president of USF Holland, was resigning, effective May 4, “to pursue other opportunities.”

YRC did not provide additional information.


Naatz was made president of USF Holland last year. He

YRC Worldwide Achieves Continued Year-over-Year First Quarter Operating Improvement

Results Build on Agreements with Lenders that Provide Years of Financial Flexibility

-- YRC Freight tons per day up 3.5%, revenue per hundredweight up 3.3%, operating revenue up 8.1%
-- Regional tons per day up 6.0%, revenue per hundredweight up 4.5%, operating revenue up 9.8%

YRC Worldwide Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2012.

Consolidated operating revenue

Truck drivers teach safety in Bland County

Because Bland County is home to a major interstate, local drivers are used to weaving through traffic with tractor-trailers. But that doesn’t make it any easier.

If fact, most adults have not learned how to properly drive with trucks along the highway – a detail that has not escaped the American Trucking Association, which is teaching students nationwide how to stay safe around big rigs.

TEAMSTERS WELCOME NEWS THAT YRCW LENDERS HAVE AGREED TO RESET LOAN TERMS

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa welcomed news today that YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) has agreed with lenders to reset its agreements on some loans and will be able to retain proceeds from the auction of certain properties.

“This is welcome news for our YRCW members who have had to endure sacrifices for several years,” Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said. “Those sacrifices, which