on your comments about clerks not absorbing our part, where have you been for the last few years? in our office alone our jobs have been cut from 7 ft and 5 ptf's to 3 ft clerks and 1 ptf. WE HAVE ONLY LOST ONE PTF CARRIER POSITION! just in case you wonder i carried mail for 11 years before i switched crafts so unless you have clerked before don't judge work loads because i have done both and i can tell you that clerks work just as hard as carriers for less pay and longer hours. as far as management cuts, i have seen none nor heard of any . thats wher the FAT should be cut if you ask me.