After five hours of intense negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the transit workers' union decided this morning to delay for four days a decision on whether to strike the New York City subway and bus system, but to start an immediate strike against two private bus companies in Queens that are being transferred to the authority's control.
See "N.Y. Transit Union Rejects Offer and Will Begin Limited Strike", Sewell Chen and Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, December 15, 2005