Trucking CEO suing Teamsters urges negotiations ‘immediately’: ‘Trucking truly moves America’

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Yellow Corporation CEO Darren Hawkins presses the importance of union negotiations to avoid economic disruption.

Amid a busy travel and shipping summer season, one trucking company CEO claims he’s fighting to keep his business alive.

«When you look at a company that's doing around 13 million shipments a year today, our employees are out there picking up and delivering over 90,000 shipments, that's important,» Yellow Corporation CEO Darren Hawkins said on "Mornings with Maria" Monday.

«The presence that Yellow has in the marketplace is extremely important, and there's no reason for us not to be there. Our customers want us here, our employees want us here,» he continued. «And bottom line, we're servicing the American economy on a daily basis, trucking truly moves America.»

Last week, the Yellow Corporation filed a more than $137 million lawsuit against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the largest trucking unions in the U.S. and Canada.

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The complaint alleged that the Teamsters breached their contract with Yellow by blocking the company’s efforts to restructure and modernize its business, according to a press release. Without the proper changes, Hawkins claimed Yellow’s operations would fail.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters faces calls to come to the table on negotiations with Yellow Corporation. (Getty Images)

«Our request is to get to negotiations immediately,» the CEO said while calling for the Teamsters to approve the modernization plans and competitive wage raises.

«Even with all the noise around the company, our shipping accounts have held up, and that's crucial for us to work through this period while we're getting to negotiations.