The president of the union that represents New York City's subway and bus workers has refused to rule out a strike later this month as he rejected most of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's contract demands. With the contract for nearly 34,000 transit workers set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 16, the union head warned that a strike was possible even though state law prohibits work stoppages by transit workers.
See "Transit Workers' Union Leader Refuses to Rule Out Subway Strike", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, December 4, 2005