Task: Chapter Labor Relations proposes a model for describing the determinants of impasses in public sector negotiations. Apply this model to the New York City Transit negotiations and strike of December 2005. Do the following in your assignment:
1. Address each of the factors listed in the model and provide a brief description of each.
2. Determine which factors in the negotiations you think were the most important for the public interest.
3. Analyze which factors were the most important for each of the parties: the transit workers, the management, and the union.