10.2190/VBP3-H0BW-CC6G-3W25 VBP3H0BWCC6G3W25 0 IMPLICATIONS FOR FACT FINDING: THE NEW JERSEY EXPERIENCE 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=VBP3H0BWCC6G3W25 4 WILLIAM R. WORD Factfinding in a large number of New Jersey cases did not appear to function as the terminal point in negotiations, but seemed instead to be used by both management and union negotiators as a bargaining tool. Further negotiations after rejection of a factfinding report usually led to an agreement, but not without the occurrence of strike activity in 20 percent of the cases and the possibility in several instances that the settlement was not much more than the employee organization having no alternative but to accept the employer's terms.