The following posts are submitted by Jerome T. Barrett. Dr. Barrett pertaining to his career as a labor mediator, commissioner, and director of the Office of Technical Services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS).
FMCS Agency News On March 14, 2025, the White House issued the following Executive Order. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the […]
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers—Stephen E. Talent Video Project has interviewed numerous key individuals who have impacted US Labor Relations history. These interviews include videos from four former FMCS Directors: William Usery, Kenneth Moffett, George Cohen, and Richard Giacolone. Click on this link for the page with all four interviews and many other […]
On May 17, 1996, Director John Calhoon Wells visited the largest unionized employer in Virginia, Newport News Shipbuilding. He was accompanied by Charles Richard Barnes and Richard Giacolone, both of whom became future Senate-confirmed Directors of FMCS. The 19th FMCS Director, Richard Giacolone, is far left in the picture. Director Wells (13th) is second […]
Directors of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (with the date they took office listed and the President who made the appointment shown in parentheses), are as follows: The Biden Administration has failed to nominate and confirm an FMCS Director. Cyrus S. Ching (1947; Truman) David L. Cole (1952; Truman) Whitney P. McCoy (1953; Eisenhower) Joseph F. Finnegan (1955; Eisenhower) […]
Friends of FMCS History Foundation Meeting Email sent to Friends mailing list Not everyone knows that Roman Stoic Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca is first credited with the adage: “Quality Over Quantity” in the first century AD, but that aptly describes the first reunion of retired and current mediators December 15th and 16th in Scottsdale, Arizona […]
Where and how is the title Honorable used with high level Government Officials like FMCS Directors. In the United States, government officials who have been elected to public office or are appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate are afford the courtesy title of The Honorable. […]
FMCS mediators are called Commissioner because of the language in the Act that created the U.S Department of Labor in 1913. That Act states in part: “…. (T)he Secretary of Labor shall have the power to act as a mediator and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in labor disputes whenever in his judgement the interests […]
The FMCS National Office has been located at three locations in Washington, D.C., for its seventy-eight years of existence. Initially, FMCS was located in the old Department of Labor Building at 14th and Constitution Ave NW, on the northeast corner of that intersection, very near the Washington Monument and a few blocks from the White […]
President Trump nominated Richard Giacolone as Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). Since his nomination, his confirmation has languished in the Senate until recently, when MTD President Hart and IAM President Martinez stepped in to support Mr. Giacolone. MTD President Hart “Mr. Giacolone served as the mediator of the Bath Iron Works […]
2022 Reorganization is Finalized Acting Director Greg Goldstein Deputy Director Javier Rameriz Deputy Director for Policy and Strategy Josh Flax Associate Deputy Director of Field Operations National Sarah Cudahy Associate Deputy Director of Field Operations Regional Beth Schindler Client Services Manager Kevin Buffington Field Operations Managers Region 1 Pete Donatello, Field Operations Manager pdonatello@fmcs.gov Region […]