Humorous Items Promoting FMCS
The items pictured here were used to promote mediation and FMCS. They are: A Match Book with these words: “Call…
William (Bill) Simkin: Longest Servicing FMCS Director (1961 to 1969)
Bill Simkin majored in economics while attending the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1937. He would later report having…
Willoughby (Bill) Abner: An African-American Mediator Star
Prior to joining FMCS, Bill Abner’s work as a union official in Chicago prepared him well for his role as…
Return Mediator Role to the Labor Department from FMCS
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 removed labor-management mediation from the Department of Labor (DoL) and placed it in the newly…
Maggie Jacobsen: An FMCS and NMB Star
While working as a Flight Attendant for Continental Airlines, Maggie Jacobsen became active in the Flight Attendants Union, and eventually…
Seven former FMCS Directors
Seven former FMCS Directors pictured during the 50th Anniversary of FMCS 1997. * Their combined tenure covers 25 years, or…
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.…