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 | Transit Workers Union Local 100 president Roger Toussaint, center, walks the picket line with employees of Triboro Coach in front of their bus yard Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 in the Queens borough of New York. The Transit Workers Union launched a limited strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday affecting two private Queens bus companies after a new contract agreement could not be reached with the MTA Sunday. If an agreement cannot be readed by 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the Union will call for a system-wide strike. click to open  |  | Metropolitan Transportation Authority busses are seen in New York, December 19, 2005, as the Transit Workers Union launched a limited strike at 12:01 a.m. affecting two private bus companies after a new contract agreement could not be reached with the MTA. If an agreement cannot be reached by 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the union will call for a system-wide strike by their 34,000 workers, which would strand 7 million bus and subway commuters and cost New York City as much as $400 million a day. click to open |  | Metropolitan Transportation Authority busses are seen in New York, December 19, 2005, as the Transit Workers Union launched a limited strike at 12:01 a.m. affecting two private bus companies after a new contract agreement could not be reached with the MTA. If an agreement cannot be reached by 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the union will call for a system-wide strike by their 34,000 workers, which would strand 7 million bus and subway commuters and cost New York City as much as $400 million a day. click to open |  | People walk past an empty bus station with a posted notice announcing the strike by bus employees in the Queens borough of New York Monday, Dec. 19, 2005. The Transit Workers Union launched a limited strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday affecting two private Queens bus companies after a new contract agreement could not be reached with the MTA Sunday. If there was no agreemente by 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the Union will call for a system-wide strike. click to open |  | A woman waits in an empty bus station in the Queens borough of New York Monday, Dec. 19, 2005. The Transit Workers Union launched a limited strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday affecting two private Queens bus companies after a new contract agreement could not be reached with the MTA Sunday. If an agreement cannot be readed by 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the Union will call for a system-wide strike. click to open |  | Transit workers rally outside Gov. Pataki's office calling for a new contract Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 in New York. Workers are threatening a citywide strike of subways and buses if a new contract is not agreed upon by midnight. click to open |  | Transit workers rally outside Gov. Pataki's office calling for a new contract Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 in New York. Workers are threatening a citywide strike against buses and subways if a contract is not agreed upon by midnight. click to open |  | Evelyn DeJesus, center, voices her support for transit workers during a rally outside Governor Pataki's office Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 in New York. Transit workers are threatening a citywide strike if a contract is not agreed upon by midnight. click to open |
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