CF ventured into regional trucking in 1983 with its Con-Way carriers. Consolidated Freightways' drivers and dockworkers were unionized, and the new Con-Way companies (Con-way Central Express (CCX), Con-way Western Express (CWX), Con-way Eastern Express (CEX), etc.) were nonunion, creating tense relations with CF's Teamsters. CEX was the former Penn-Yan Express, and was union, but Conway dissolved the company and later allowed CCX to assume its routes, thereby eliminating all union affiliation with the company.
