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Yellow Trucking Faces Bankruptcy After $700M Bailout

Adriana Pulley · June 29, 2023 · 1 min read


Photo by Melinda Gimpel / Unsplash
Photo by Melinda Gimpel / Unsplash

Yellow, a trucking company formerly known as YRC Worldwide, is facing a potential bankruptcy this summer after a long-standing financial struggle, further exacerbated by a dispute with its union. The company, which lost over $100 million in 2019 and has outstanding debt exceeding $1.5 billion, including a $700 million pandemic relief loan from the federal government, is now in litigation with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Yellow accuses the union of hindering its restructuring plans and causing further financial damage.

The situation raises broader concerns about pandemic relief funding and defaults, with a potential 17% of funds going to fraudulent actors, according to a report from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Source: NYTimes

 a competitor being driven into bankruptcy isn't the healthy business buy signal some seem to think it is. Neither is an 18% drop in volume from the largest player as industrial activity turns negative $ODFL $FDX— Jay Van Sciver (@HedgeyeIndstrls) June 28, 2023 

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