Many of them depended on their Yellow job for paychecks and health care for their families. We never got any of that.”īabick is one of about 30,000 employees, including 22,000 Teamsters, that Yellow left in the dark. “A lot of people that were working during the pandemic wound up getting bonuses and stuff like that. “Truck drivers, the jockeys, the dock workers, we’re all considered essential,” Babick said. The 73-year-old worked during the entire COVID-19 pandemic at a time when Yellow was bailed out by the government to the tune of $700 million in pandemic emergency relief money. “It’s a lot of driving, a lot of time away from the family, but I have to say, that, again, the company was very good to me,” he said.Īnd Babick was good to the company. In total, he racked up 3 million miles - an achievement he proudly wears on his finger. “So I have worked here, I’ve got a lot of good friends.”īabick’s trucking job took him across the northeastern U.S. “It’s very disheartening because you’ve dedicated your life to a company, again, 37 years is not chicken feet,” Babick said. The collapse of Yellow is nothing he could have imagined when he started in 1986. Your benefits are done, your medical coverage, everything is done,” he said. “Well, 37 years of working here, and this is what, you’re locked out. Yellow’s customers – however – he believes may be forced to face premium pricing for other big carriers in the freight industry who will fill in that capacityĭavid Babick spent nearly 40 years with Yellow.
Babick says he doesn’t foresee supply chain disruptions on a large scale.While Yellow faced years of financial struggles, mounting debt, and a standoff with the Teamsters union, the news still comes as a shock to some employees, including David Babick, who spent nearly 40 years with the company.It’s the end of an era for the 99-year-old trucking company, Yellow, that moves freight for businesses like Walmart and Home Depot.
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