Judy R. McReynolds
Analyst
Well, no, problem. We do have ongoing negotiations, to answer your first question. We have a schedule that we have been working on and we have been in talks, I think it's a schedule that is on a week and off a week. So that has followed a pattern that we expected and we're not seeing any distractions, so to speak, from the UPS negotiations, and we don't really have the specifics of what's going on there. But we're not seeing any real effect on our negotiating process. We have proposed a single comprehensive national contract that would eliminate separate supplemental documents. The current contract, the NMFA, is outdated and cumbersome, and our goal is to secure a new contract that allows ABF to substantially lower costs, become more flexible and better compete in a changing marketplace, a rapidly changing marketplace, that has seen 100s of union carriers go out of business and non-union carriers succeed. So as a national LTL provider, we need uniformity in things like time off, benefits, scheduling, dispatching, and other work rules to make sure that the regional and national networks that we operate can meet our customers' demands. And those are our objectives in this process. And with respect to our comments on network changes, really, what we have communicated to Teamster leadership is that the extent of those changes will be driven by the results that we have going forward. And if we're able to lower our cost structure, that would be the objective that we have. But in order to satisfy our future success, and to be able to solidify that future success and to satisfy shareholders, we're going to have to take actions that are appropriate for the level of business that we have. And, as I mentioned, that could involve closing certain terminals and distribution centers if that's what we're faced with as our only option. We want to serve our customers the best we can, and we will be able to do that regardless. So we're considering customer service at a very high level in this process. But as you know, we have to make it work for the shareholders as well, and that's what we're focused on.