Roadway Express to lay off 160 in Toledo

Roadway Express, which operates two truck terminals in Toledo, has filed notice with the state that it intends to layoff 160 employees at its facility at 6180 Hagman Rd.The company, in a required filing under the Ohio Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, said this week that the layoffs will start on March 1 and that some of the affected employees are represented by Teamsters Local 20. Others are non-union clerical staff and management personnel.

The layoffs are due to a merger, announced in September, between Roadway and its sister company, Yellow Transportation, which are both owned by YRC Worldwide.

A company official said the local terminal will become a regional operation under the new division, which will be called Yellow Roadway. YRC has indicated it might need to close 200 overlapping trucking terminals in the U.S. as it combines Yellow and Roadway.