# Presentation: 736291

## Slide 1

## Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

**Impact on**
**Labor-Management Relations 2003**

## F.M.C.S. Creation

**Established as an independent agency under Taft-Hartley amendments in 1947.**
**Created to resolve collective bargaining disputes which threaten the free flow of commerce.**
**F.M.C.S. is neither a regulatory nor an enforcement agency, but is a neutral designed to assist Labor & Management.**

## F.M.C.S. Mission

**Promote sound & stable L/M relations.**
**Prevent/minimize work stoppages through mediation assistance to parties.**
**Advocate collective bargaining, mediation & voluntary arbitration.**
**Develop the art, science & practice of conflict resolution.**
**Foster constructive joint L/M processes.**

## F.M.C.S. Services

**Dispute Mediation**
**Private, Public, & Federal Sectors**
**Preventive Mediation**
**Customized training**
**Education, Outreach & Advocacy**
**Of collective bargaining processes**

**Alternative Dispute Resolution**
**In-lieu of litigation**
**Arbitration Services**
**L/M Grants**
**International Program**
**Youth violence prevention**

## Dispute Mediation

**2003 U.S. Statistics**
**37,844 contract notifications**
**19,516 assigned**
**6,640 closed (active)**
**4,988 closed/agrmt.**
**75.1 % closed/agrmt.**
**277 work stoppages (all size B.U.’s)**

## Active Dispute Cases(U.S.)

## Work Stoppages(U.S.)(all size bargaining units)

## Dispute ActivityPittsburgh Field Office

**2003 Statistics**
**449 Cases assigned**
**covering 42,020 B.U. workers**
**162 Closed (active)**
**covering 16,356 B.U. workers**
**7 Work stoppages**
**covering 795 B.U. workers**

## Preventive Mediation

**2003 U.S. Statistics**
**Active in 2,594 joint training/process cases**
**Has grown to over 30% of mediation caseload**

## P.M. Cases(U.S.)

## P.M. ActivityPittsburgh Field Office

**2003 Statistics**
**Active in 63 joint training/process cases**
**covering 24,045 B.U. workers**
**with 1,735**
**	****participants **

## Education, Advocacy & OutreachPittsburgh Field Office

**2003 Statistics**
**Active in 204 E.A.O. cases**
**with 16,112 participants**

## Alternative DisputeResolution

**2003 U.S. Statistics**
**Active in 1310 cases**
**(+469.5 % since 1995)**
**Increasing number of Reg-Neg’s, public policy, employment mediations**

## A.D.R. Growth(U.S.)

## Arbitration Services

**1,301 on F.M.C.S. Roster**
**Arbitrators must meet strict criteria to qualify for roster**
**Arbitrators are not F.M.C.S. employees**
**19,039  panels issued in 2003**

##  Grants Program

**To support joint L.M.C. efforts in:**
**Work site**
**Area**
**Industry**
**Private & Public sectors are eligible**
**Awarded annually**
**Competitive basis**

## Grant Awards(U.S.)

**F.Y. 2003 Statistics**
**$1,040,250 awarded to 10 LMC programs **
**The 10 recipients were chosen from 80 applications**
**Since 1981, $23.5 million awarded to 354 recipients**

## International Program

**Customized conflict resolution services:**
**Training/mentoring**
**Curriculum design**
**Convening**
**Mediation/facilitation**
**Dispute system design**
**Monitoring & evaluation**

##   Hot Topics at the Table

**Job Security**
**Subcontracting**
**Globalization**
**Workplace technology**
**Successor language**
**Staffing issues**
**Healthcare industry**
**Mandatory O/T**
**Limitations****	**
**State legislation**

**Pension Benefits**
**Defined benefits vs. defined contributions**
**Wages / Benefits**
**Focusing on recruitment & retention in tight labor market**
**Health Insurance**
**Rx plan costs**
**Co-pays & cost sharing**

## Mediator References & Notes

**Case statistics contained herein were referenced from:**
**FMCS Director of Communications’ “Talking Points” memos**
**FMCS Congressional Budget Hearing statements**
**FMCS Intranet Press Release on grant awards**
**Local Field Office Case statistics can be found on DOS Report through your D.M.S.**
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