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Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
 

FAQ about FMCS Notices and Filings
 

Relationship Development & Training
 

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Arbitration
 

Notice of Bargaining
 

Grants Program
 

Best Practices
 

Publications About Services and Programs
 

What We Do

Advancing the Nation's Welfare through Effective Settlements, Improved Labor-Management Relations and Conflict Resolution

Dispute mediation - and other conflict resolution services - are the tools and techniques used by FMCS to promote collective bargaining, strengthen labor-management relations, and enhance organizational effectiveness.


Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
The resolution of labor-management disputes associated with collective bargaining, and with other workplace conflicts, is at the core of the FMCS mission.

FAQ about FMCS Notices and Filings


Relationship Development & Training
Services and training in cooperative processes to help labor and management break down traditional barriers and build better working relationships.

eServices-TAGS
Leading-edge technology services for bargaining, consensus-building, dispute mediation and conflict resolution.

Arbitration
Our referral services use a national database of qualified private-sector arbitrators. Labor and management can request referrals on the basis of criteria that include geographic area, professional affiliation or industry experience.

Notice of Bargaining
How to file an F-7.

Grants Program
Grants to support the establishment and operation of joint labor-management initiatives at a plant level, on a community or area-wide basis, within a particular industry, and for public sector employees.

Best Practices
Case studies and summary cameos available to the public that present best-practice approaches to dispute and conflict resolution, preventive mediation and other breakthrough initiatives that support and enhance labor-management relations.

Publications About Services and Programs
Publications�in PDF format that describe the Agency's programs and services