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ODFL was one of many unionized carriers impacted by a Teamsters strike that lasted over 10 weeks in 1946. Just before the union called the end of the strike, ODFL drivers in Richmond decided to leave the union and return to work. Other ODFL drivers remained unionized. The financial impact of the strike forced the company to lay off many of its office workers and sell off its operating authority for a major route between Richmond and Norfolk to Davidson Transfer and Storage, to maintain enough capital to continue operations.{{sfn|Rodengen|2011|pages=26-27}}
Following the strike, ODFL was able to recover.
After Earl Congdon died in 1950, Lillian Congdon assumed the presidency<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bien |first=William |date=July 19, 1954 |title=Woman Heads Freight Line |pages=1, 21 |work=The Richmond News Leader |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88619022/the-richmond-news-leader/ |access-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109191818/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88619022/the-richmond-news-leader/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Ware|1982}} and was joined by sons Earl Jr. and Jack. In 1957, Old Dominion extended its operations to most major markets in North Carolina and southern Virginia. Five years later, the company relocated its headquarters to High Point, North Carolina, in 1962 and merged with Bottoms-Fiske trucking company.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |last=ODFL |title=Company History |url=https://www.odfl.com/Content/companyHistory.faces |access-date=November 9, 2021 |website=ODFL |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310121359/https://www.odfl.com/Content/companyHistory.faces |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="transportdive.com"/>
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