116,000 commuters may once again be left scrambling for alternate means of transportation, as drivers represented by Transport Workers Union Local 100 prepare to go on strike at Jamaica Buses, Triboro Coach and the Queens Surface Corporation for the third time this year at midnight tonight. One-day and two-day strikes by drivers at the three private bus companies earlier this year failed to produce a contract settlement on such issues as pensions, wages and job security, and a TWU official has said that this strike will be much longer. The New York City Department of Transportation has announced that if the strike does occur, the city will allow livery cabs and dollar vans to pick up passengers along the struck bus routes as it did during the previous strikes.
See "Commuters in Queens Face Threat of Bus Strike", ELISSA GOOTMAN, The New York Times, June 16, 2002