

Burstein, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents NJ Transit Bus Operations, Inc., NJ Transit Mercer, Inc. Anderson, General Counsel, argued the cause for appellant Public Employment Relations Commission. Friedman and Robert Fagella, on the brief). Friedman, a member of the District of Columbia bar, argued the cause for appellant United Transportation Union, Local 33 (Paterson and Warwick Divisions) (Zazzali, Zazzali, Fagella & Nowak, attorneys Edward D. 540 and the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO (Reitman, Parsonnet, Maisel & Duggan and Weitzman & Rich, attorneys Jeffrey Freund, Bennet D. *43 Jeffrey Freund, a member of the District of Columbia bar, argued the cause for appellants The Amalgamated Transit Union, New Jersey Council, Amalgamated Transit Union Div. 540: NJ TRANSIT BUS OPERATIONS, INC., NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION AND UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, LOCAL 33 (PATERSON AND WARWICK DIVS.) NJ TRANSIT BUS OPERATIONS, NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION AND TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, LOCAL 225. IN THE MATTER OF NJ TRANSIT BUS OPERATIONS, INC., NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION AND AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, NEW JERSEY COUNCIL: NJ TRANSIT MERCER, INC., NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION AND AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, DIV.
