COMING SOON.... TRIP RATES ON THE BLET UP SOUTHERN REGION

The first trip rate negotiations are to begin on the BLET SR GCA beginning on June 29th - 30th of 2004. The Carrier has indicated they intend to serve notice on the following pools in the DFW Hub:

Ft. Worth - McAllister
Ft. Worth - Chickasha
Ft. Worth - Childress
Ft. Worth - Sweetwater
Dallas - Taylor/Hearne/Tyler
Oklahoma City - Wichita
Chico - Dallas/Ft. Worth

The following are the initial pools in the Longview Hub

Longview - Hearne
Longview - Dallas
Longview - Ft. Worth
Shreveport - Longview
Shreveport - Livonia

These are the only pools to be discussed during our initial meetings scheduled for the end of June. Once this process begins, it should be ongoing until we have done all the pools on our Committee.