Yellow Corporation is opening its 17th Commercial Driver’s License Driving Academy next week in Middlesex Township. Yellow Corporation subsidiaries include national carrier YRC Freight, and regional carrier New Penn. This is Yellow Corp.’s first training school in Pennsylvania. The Yellow CDL Driving Academy will offer apprentice drivers four weeks of classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training with an instructor. The academy is tuition-free and students are paid to earn while they learn. Yellow is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Labor as part of its apprenticeship program “You actually have a job while you’re going through the program,” Yellow Corp. CEO Darren Hawkins said.

United States Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, PA Gov. Tom Wolf, officials from Yellow Corp., and Local 776 President Ed Thompson were on hand Tuesday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new facility in front of two tractor-trailers: Local 776’s and one from the American Trucking Association.

Anyone interested in finding out more about the training program can contact the driving academy hotline at 833-475-8201 to apply and learn more about enrollment.

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United States Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh (Center) discusses the program with Local 776 President Ed Thompson as Yellow Corp. CEO Darren Hawkins and PA Governor Tom Wolf look on.

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With the Local's Truck proudly in the background, U.S. Secretary of Labor Walsh addresses the gathering.

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PA Governor Tom Wolf (center), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, and Local 776 President Ed Thompson cut the ribbon signaling the opening of the Yellow Corp. Driving Academy.