A union representing 1,500 drivers for the disabled and chronically ill said they would go on strike Monday after management refused to meet for round-the clock negotiations.

The striking companies help half the passengers in the Access-a Ride program for the people who cannot use mass transit. Ten other companies serve the other half and they are not involved in the strike.

Atlantic Paratrans, Maggie’s Paratransit, MV Transportation and Transit Facility Management number among the striking companies.

They contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which leads the city’s public bus and subway system. The MTA was not involved in the negotiations.

Michael A. Harris of the Disabled Riders Coalition, called the strike “the wrong decision.”

"We think it's not going to hurt managers or get their plan across. All it's going to do is inconvenience people with disabilities," Harris said, according to the New York Daily News.

The Para transit Drivers and Mechanics of the Amalgamated Transit Union 1181-1060 rejected a contract offer in the fall. Since then, the union said, management has turned down requests to resume talks.

No one at the union’s headquarters commented upon the decision, but Tommy Mullins, a union vice president and trustee of the local, said that the owners” have deliberately brought us to the picket line” by refusing to negotiate, the Associated Press reported.

The MTA said that it would try to fill gap by using nonstriking companies, ambulettes and taxicab vouchers. First, to benefit from transportation, would be patients who need to be transported for medical appointments.