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                                                                     Exhibit 4.4

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO THE
                    ROADWAY CORPORATION EQUITY OWNERSHIP PLAN

                  Roadway Corporation hereby adopts this Amendment No. 1 to the
Roadway Corporation Equity Ownership Plan (the "Plan") effective as of February
12, 2002. Words and phrases used herein with initial capital letters that are
defined in the Plan are used herein as so defined.

                                       I.
         The first sentence of Section 2.2(a) of the Plan is hereby amended to
read as follows:

         "Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 5.2, 2,000,000 shares
         of Stock (the 'Maximum Plan Shares') are hereby reserved and subject to
         issuance under the Plan, which may be Stock of original issuance or
         Stock held in treasury or a combination thereof. At no time shall the
         Company have outstanding Awards and shares of Stock issued in respect
         to Awards in excess of the Maximum Plan Shares, provided, however, that
         the Maximum Plan Shares (1) may be supplemented by shares of Stock
         authorized but not granted under the following Company plans:
         Management Incentive Stock Plan, 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
         Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option Plan, Nonemployee Directors' Equity
         and Deferred Compensation Plan and Nonemployee Directors' Equity
         Ownership Plan ('stock related plans') and (2) shall be reduced by any
         Maximum Plan Shares used to grant awards under other stock related
         plans in excess of the shares authorized under other plans."

                                       II.
                  Section 2.2(h) of the Plan is hereby amended by the addition
of the following new sentence at the end thereof:

         "In no event shall the sum of all Shares granted, out of the additional
         800,000 Shares authorized pursuant to this amendment and the
         establishment of the Nonemployee Directors' Equity Ownership Plan on
         the date hereof, on and after the date of this amendment pursuant to
         Awards other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan,
         Required Retainer Shares and Voluntary Deferral Shares under the

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         Nonemployee Directors' Equity and Deferred Compensation Plan and
         Restricted Shares under the Nonemployee Directors' Equity Ownership
         Plan exceed 600,000 Shares."

                 EXECUTED this 26th day of April, 2002.

                      ROADWAY CORPORATION

                      By:  /s/ John J. Gasparovic
                         --------------------------------------------------
                      Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.4

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO THE
                               ROADWAY CORPORATION
                        2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                  Roadway Corporation hereby adopts Amendment No. 1 to the
Roadway Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") effective as
set forth below. Words and phrases used herein with initial capital letters that
are defined in the Plan are used herein as so defined.

                                       I.

                  Effective as of January 1, 2002, the first sentence of Section
3 of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows:

         "All employees (as defined below) of the Company or of any subsidiary
         (as defined below) of the Company, employees of which have been
         designated by the Company as eligible to participate in the Plan, who
         are not executive officers (as defined below) and who have been
         employed by the Company or by a subsidiary of the Company for 6 months
         or more on the date of any grant of options pursuant to the Plan shall
         be offered options under the Plan to purchase the Company's common
         stock, $.01 par value per share ('Common Stock'), except that no
         employee shall be granted an option under the Plan, if immediately
         after the option was granted, such employee would own stock possessing
         5 percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of all
         classes of stock of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company."

                                       II.

                  Effective as of March 27, 2002, the second sentence of
Section 4 of the Plan is hereby deleted and the following is substituted
therefor:

         "The aggregate number of shares which may be purchased under the Plan
         shall not exceed 950,000 shares of Common Stock; provided, however,
         that such shares (1) may be supplemented by shares of Stock authorized
         but not granted under the following Company plans: Management Incentive
         Stock Plan, Equity Ownership Plan, Nonemployee Directors' Stock Option
         Plan, Nonemployee Directors' Equity and Deferred Compensation Plan and
         Nonemployee Directors' Equity Ownership Plan ('stock related plans')
         and (2) shall be reduced by any shares authorized under this Plan

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         designated to be used to grant awards under any other stock related
         plan in excess of the shares authorized under such other plan.
         Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of any other stock
         related plan, 150,000 shares of the 950,000 shares of Stock authorized
         under the Plan shall not be available to supplement shares of Stock
         authorized under any other stock related plan."

                  EXECUTED this 26th day of April, 2002.

                            ROADWAY CORPORATION

                            By:    /s/John J. Gasparovic
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                            Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.5

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                     TO THE
                               ROADWAY CORPORATION
                        2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                  Roadway Corporation hereby adopts Amendment No. 2 to the
Roadway Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") effective as
set forth below. Words and phrases used herein with initial capital letters that
are defined in the Plan are used herein as so defined.

                                       I.

                  Effective for purchases scheduled to be made on or after the
date of the execution of this amendment by an officer of the Company, a new
Section 11 is hereby added after Section 10 of the Plan to read as follows:

         "SECTION 11  COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

                           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, no
         Common Stock may be purchased pursuant to an option granted hereunder
         if such purchase would result in a violation of any applicable federal
         or state securities law. In the event that any purchase of Common Stock
         pursuant to an option granted hereunder is delayed as a result of the
         preceding sentence, the term of the option shall be extended until such
         purchase may be made in compliance with applicable federal and state
         securities laws, and, in such event, the option price shall be the
         greater of (a) 85 percent of the fair market value of the shares of
         Common Stock on the date that such purchase would have been made but
         for the application of the preceding sentence or (b) the lesser of (i)
         85 percent of the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock on
         the date of the granting of the option or (ii) 85 percent of the fair
         market value of such stock on the date that such purchase may be made
         in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws."

                  EXECUTED this 31st day of July, 2002.

                             ROADWAY CORPORATION

                             By:    /s/Joseph R. Boni III
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                             Title: Treasurer
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.3

                        ROADWAY EXPRESS UNION STOCK PLAN

                                 PLAN OBJECTIVES

-        The Roadway Express Union Stock Plan (the Plan) has been created to
         encourage and reward bargaining unit employees who display habits that
         result in a safe, reliably-staffed, and injury-free work environment.

-        Roadway Corporation Common Stock is allocated based on Roadway Express,
         Inc. operating margin performance for the calendar year to eligible
         participants who remain accident-free, injury-free, and have fewer than
         5 unexcused absences during the Plan Year (April 1 - March 31).

-        Each participant meeting the proposed criteria receives an allocation
         of stock to a ledger account maintained by Roadway Corporation's stock
         transfer agent.

AN EXPLANATION OF THE PLAN IS INCLUDED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS:

                    ELIGIBILITY

                    FUNDING THE PLAN

                    ALLOCATION OF STOCK

                    RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

                    MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS

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                        ROADWAY EXPRESS UNION STOCK PLAN

                                   ELIGIBILITY

-        All full-time, regular, bargaining-unit employees of Roadway Express,
         Inc. who are on active status as of April 1 of any Plan Year, and who
         are represented by a union which has consented to participate in this
         Plan.

-        Participants must remain in active status through March 31 of such Plan
         Year in order to remain eligible (exceptions: all paid-for contractual
         leave, Military Leave, Family Leave, Jury Duty, Funeral Leave, Layoff,
         Union Business, Company Convenience, Workers Compensation, any period
         in which a road driver declines a work opportunity in accordance with
         earned time-off procedures in the local supplement).

-        All eligible bargaining-unit employees hired or returning to active
         status (see exceptions above) after April 1 of any Plan Year will not
         be eligible for such Plan Year.

-        A Participant must be employed by Roadway Express on March 31 of a Plan
         Year to share in the Plan.

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                        ROADWAY EXPRESS UNION STOCK PLAN

                                FUNDING THE PLAN

-    The amount of stock allocated to divide among participants will be based on
     performance of Roadway Express, Inc. as measured by Operating Profit Margin
     for the calendar year beginning January 1 of the same calendar year
     containing the first day (April 1) of the Plan Year.

                  OPERATING MARGIN                            UNION STOCK

               (BEFORE INCENTIVE COMP.)                    ALLOCATION IN SHARES
                ------------------------                    --------------------
                         0.01 - 2.49                              10,000
                         2.50 - 3.49                              20,000
                         3.50 - 3.99                              50,000
                         4.00 - 4.49                             100,000
                         4.50 - 4.99                             200,000
                         5.00 OR HIGHER                          350,000

-        Operating Margin as used for the Plan will be defined as 100 minus the
         operating ratio, calculated before any management or bargaining unit
         incentive compensation.

-        At an operating margin greater than 0.01, each eligible participant
         shall receive at least one share of stock.

-        The Union shall have the right to verify operating margin calculations
         upon request and for that purpose shall have reasonable access to
         pertinent data and

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                        ROADWAY EXPRESS UNION STOCK PLAN

                               ALLOCATION OF STOCK

-    All stock will be allocated to the accounts of those participants who meet
     all of the following guidelines during the Plan Year:
      1)  No preventable accidents
      2)  No preventable injuries
      3)  Fewer than 5 unexcused absences. For purposes of the Plan, an excused
          absence is as follows:

         -        A period of absence paid for or authorized under the
                  collective bargaining agreement, or mutually agreed to by
                  Roadway Express, Inc. and the union or the employee (for
                  example, paid for sick leave, military leave, family leave,
                  jury duty, funeral leave, layoff, union business, company
                  convenience, workers compensation, any period in which a road
                  driver declines a work opportunity in accordance with earned
                  time-off procedures in the local supplement).

         -        Any period of absence for a non-preventable accident or
                  non-preventable injury. The allocation will be pro-rated for
                  each unexcused absence as follows:

                           Unexcused
                        Absences (Days)                    Allocation
                        ---------------                    ----------

                               0                                100%
                               1                                 80%
                               2                                 60%
                               3                                 40%
                               4                                 20%
                               5 or more                          0%

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                       ROADWAY EXPRESS UNION STOCK PLAN

-    All allocated shares will be credited to participants meeting the
     above-mentioned criteria on an equal share basis, subject to the allocation
     table above for unexcused absences.

                  EXAMPLE:
                  ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC. OPERATING MARGIN = 4.58
                  STOCK ALLOCATION = 200,000 SHARES
                  ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS MEETING ABOVE GUIDELINES = 10,000

                                 200,000 SHARES
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                 INDIVIDUAL STOCK CREDIT = 10,000 PARTICIPANTS = 20 SHARES PER
                 PARTICIPANT

                             RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

-    All disputes concerning the Plan, including eligibility and allocation of
     stock will be resolved under procedures provided in applicable collective
     bargaining agreements.

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                        ROADWAY EXPRESS UNION STOCK PLAN

                    MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS

-    Individual shareholdings may be maintained by Roadway Corporation's
     transfer agent by ledger account in fractions or decimals without issuance
     of share certificates. Participants shall be deemed to elect reinvestment
     of dividends in Roadway Corporation stock unless otherwise elected in
     writing.

-    Roadway Corporation's transfer agent shall provide for purchase of shares
     of participants for fair market prices on reasonable notice.

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