Trucking company Yellow Corp. closure leads to hundreds of Florida layoffs, including in Jacksonville

More than 523 Florida workers are being laid off as part of trucking giant Yellow Corp.’s winding down of operations.

The layoffs for the Nashville, Tennessee-based transportation holding company (Nasdaq: YELL) and its subsidiaries come as the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Aug. 6 and announced it will close down and sell the company’s assets, sister publication Kansas City Business Journal reported.

The company — which spent most of its history based in the Kansas City…

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