Former employees of Consolidated Freightways Inc. searched for jobs Tuesday while stuck customers sought alternatives for their shipments as the long-haul trucking company’s sudden failure rippled ...

It was not known how many Ohio jobs will be affected, but hundreds of the company’s offices and trucking terminals nationwide were padlocked yesterday. Phone listings show eight Consolidated ...

Leland James, a Portland truck driver, built a trucking empire. He started by buying Portland-Spokane Auto Freight and a handful of other firms in 1929. He called his new company Consolidated Freight ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Consolidated Freightways started calling some truckers back to work yesterday on a limited basis to handle shipments that were stranded when the trucking company abruptly shut down ...

Truckers for Consolidated Freightways Corp. knew their company was hemorrhaging cash, but still felt shock when they were told not to report to work on Tuesday. "I was a little devastated," said Jim ...

RICHFIELD, Ohio (AP) - Consolidated Freightways workers in Ohio knew the company was in financial trouble but did not expect it would go out of business, union leaders said on Tuesday, the day after ...

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Consolidated Freightways Corp., one of the nation’s largest trucking firms, said Monday that it was shutting down its U.S. operations immediately and would move to liquidate the business. The ...

Tom Jahn, manager of the Cotati operation of Consolidated Freightways Corp., didn’t have to go to the office on Tuesday after getting word Monday that his employer of 19 years was filing for ...