Yellow is a zombie company — it’s time to let it go

Yellow’s days are numbered.  As the largest less-than-truckload (LTL) unionized carrier and the second-largest trucking company affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (UPS is the largest), Yellow has suffered from financial mediocrity that has led to the inevitable outcome.  The Teamsters leadership is largely responsible for its own demise, forcing an operational structure that…

California Supreme Court to review rulings on constitutionality of Prop 22

The battle over the constitutionality of California’s Prop 22 lives on, with the state’s Supreme Court granting review of mixed lower and appellate court rulings on the issue of exempting gig workers from independent contractor law AB5. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear the appeal of the case, which was brought by…