Seven former FMCS Directors
Seven former FMCS Directors pictured during the 50th Anniversary of FMCS 1997. * Their combined tenure covers 25 years, or…
Author: Jerome Barrett
First Woman Federal Mediator of Labor Management Disputes
Anna Weinstock Schneider was hired by the United States Conciliation Service (USCS) on December 16, 1922 at age 27, the…
Caucusing in the Men’s Room
Mediators frequently use a caucus to meet separately with the management or the union negotiating committee, or one or both…
The Taft-Hartley Law Enacted
Business Week Magazine celebrated the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act (Labor-management Relations Act) in its June 28, 1947 issue, placing…
Bill Usery
Bill Usery was appointed by President Nixon as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Management Relations in March 1970.…
Cyrus Ching
Cyrus Ching was the first Director of Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), serving from 1947 to 1953. In the…
Smiling Mediators in the 1960s
1. Three men standing. The man in the center is the famous Jimmy Hoffa, the leader of the International Brotherhood…
The Press Interview before the PATCO Strike
In front of the Washington D.C. FMCS headquarters, Bob Poli, President of Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), is being…
Mediating the US Postal Service Strike of the 1970s
In 1970, Bill Usery was the newly appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations when the Secretary of Labor…