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May 31, 1995

A Consolidated Effort

The story of Consolidated Freightways' three-year fight with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

In the fall of 1992, Maryla Boonstoppel, vice president for investor relations and corporate secretary at Consolidated Freightways, one of America's largest trucking companies, received a mysterious letter. It was a shareholder proposal asking the firm to contact the shareholder's representative at a 202 area code - Washington DC. At first, Boonstoppel thought the letter had been sponsored by shareholder activists United Shareholders of America. However, when she called the number, the telephone

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