The bright yellow and durable plastic Tonka Trucks that come to mind are a far cry from the company's original toy lineup.

A Yellow semi-truck in a desert. Yellow. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 only worsened the company’s prospects, but it received a $700 million lifeline from the federal government.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with trucker Alex Mai, who runs a YouTube Channel about trucking news, about how 30,000 workers are losing their jobs as the shipping company Yellow has shut down operations.