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Members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU) remain out on strike for the seventh week in a row despite suggestions last week that their job security concerns had been met and a vote would be held on whether to return to work (see WIT for June 16, 2002). Despite a non-binding resolution by the New York City Council that essentially guarantees the job security of Local 100 members in the event Mayor Michael Bloomberg terminated city contracts with the three private bus lines that employ them (see WIT for July 29, 2002), however, officers held off on a vote in hopes of winning stronger guarantees. The TWU?s hand may be considerably strengthened in the coming week, as the mayor?s declaration of a state of emergency allowing commuter vans and livery cabs to operate along the struck Queens bus lines has met with a decidedly cool reception by the State Supreme Court Justice who will soon rule on the TWU?s objection to the declaration (see WIT for July 10, 2002).