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Statement by FMCS Director George H. Cohen on East Coast Ports Labor Negotiations

 
 
Release Date: 10/14/2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. —I am pleased to announce that five days of productive negotiations between the parties concluded on Saturday and that negotiations will resume next week under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Further, I wish to commend the parties for their hard work and commitment to this process. The parties are making good progress on a number of difficult issues at the full committee and subcommittee levels.”

 

“As is our custom and practice, due to the sensitive nature of these high profile negotiations, we will have no further comment on the schedule for the negotiations, their location, or the substance of what takes place during those negotiations.”
 
For a PDF version of the FMCS statement, click here.