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International Affairs Office

The International Affairs Office is responsible for providing technical assistance to many other nations. Traveling abroad or at FMCS Headquarters in Washington, D.C., federal mediators have briefed or trained business, labor and government delegations from such countries as Russia, the Philippines, Poland, Ireland, the European Union, Taiwan, Korea, South Africa, Panama, Mexico, El Salvador and Ecuador.

The demand for FMCS International services has grown dramatically in recent years with the profound geopolitical changes taking place, particularly in Eastern Europe and Latin America. In fact, in one year alone, FMCS hosted briefings and training for approximately 400 labor-management and government leaders from 85 countries. During that same year, seventeen federal mediators traveled overseas to provide training and technical assistance. And FMCS, itself, has become the pattern for a number of newly established mediation agencies in the world.

FMCS International Technical Assistance and Training

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service provides international programs focusing on these areas:

Consultation on Dispute Resolution Systems
Negotiation Skills Training
The Collective Bargaining Process
Dispute Mediation Skills; Training in Labor Dispute Resolution
Mediator Skills Training in the Improvement of Labor-Management Relations
Creation of Labor-Management Committees at the National, Regional Industry or Enterprise, and Shop Floor Levels.
Interest-Based Bargaining
Target Specific Bargaining
Introduction to Advanced Labor-Management Relations (demonstration projects) at Specific Company-Union Sites
Administration of Mediation Services
Various Programs in Labor-Management Cooperation
Arbitration Services
Introduction and Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems

Other information from International Affairs:

FMCS: Labor-Management Relations Worldwide

The following is other information that you can find from this area:

1999 Congressional Submission Opening Statement
FMCS Strategic Plan for 1997-2002
Press Releases
Brochures
Publications (Annual Report, The Mediator, Mediation)
Forms ( Required)

 

 

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