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NEWS RELEASE 

Monday, May 7, 2018 Contact: Linda Gray-Broughton 

For Immediate Release Grants Program Specialist 

Website: www.fmcs.gov Phone: (202) 606-8181 

Deadline Approaching for FMCS Labor-Management Grants 

Applications Due May 31, 2018 

WASHINGTON, DC – The deadline to apply for a labor-management grant from the 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is now less than a month away; and time is 

growing short to earn grant funding for projects such as improving workers’ skills, addressing 

workplace health and safety issues, or jointly resolving labor-management issues. 

FMCS grants totaling approximately $500,000 will be awarded in FY 2018 to promote 

best practices in labor-management cooperation as a way of improving collective bargaining 

and proactively mitigating labor-management disputes. The grant program supports the 

establishment and operation of joint labor-management committees at the company level, on a 

community or area-wide basis, within a particular industry, and for public sector employees. 

FMCS grants are intended to support and promote labor-management cooperation as 

well as joint, innovative solutions to disruptive workplace issues. 

As has been the case in previous years, FMCS is encouraging applications to address the 

shortage of skilled workers for U.S. manufacturing jobs and in other vital economic sectors. Also 

of special interest are grant applications that look ahead to training for high-tech jobs that will 

emerge from an economy where new technologies such as artificial intelligence, self-driving 

vehicles, and Internet-based transactions are commonplace. John Pinto, FMCS Deputy Director, 

Field Operations, said, “It is imperative that management and labor begin preparing for the new 

jobs and workplaces that new technologies will create in the near future.” 

FMCS Deputy Director Scot Beckenbaugh added, “We want to encourage labor 

organizations and employers to think about the jobs of tomorrow and to explore options with 

the FMCS grants program for developing joint training programs that can teach the skills 

needed to fill these jobs.” 

Application information and instructions for completing the process can be obtained 

online at the Agency’s Web site—www.fmcs.gov. Detailed information and application training 
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videos are available at https://www.fmcs.gov/resources/forms-applications/labormanagement-grants-program/. Interested parties are urged to contact the FMCS Grants 

Office at (202) 606-8181 with any questions they might have. 

The grants program, which began in 1981 under the authority of the LaborManagement Cooperation Act of 1978 (PL 95-524), has funded a broad range of projects 

including outreach, communications, strategic planning, minority recruitment and process 

development. 

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The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, created in 1947, is an independent U.S. 

government agency whose mission is to preserve and promote labor-management peace and 

cooperation. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 10 regional offices and more than 60 field 

offices, the agency provides mediation and conflict resolution services to industry, government 

agencies and communities.