About Us

FMCS: Mission-Driven to Build Partnerships, Resolve Conflict and Promote Successful Bargaining

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), created in 1947, is a small, independent federal agency that plays a crucial role in sustaining the American economy by preventing, minimizing, and resolving work stoppages and labor disputes. These efforts help avoid costly disruptions in production, services, and supply chains, ensuring economic stability and growth. FMCS accomplishes this mission by offering mediation, training, and facilitation services to employers and unions nationwide, fostering collaborative labor-management relationships. Additionally, FMCS enhances government efficiency by providing training, mediation, facilitation, dispute systems design, and other alternative dispute resolution services to federal agencies, allowing them to operate more effectively and serve the public better.

FMCS is headquartered in Washington, DC, with six Regions comprising of offices across the continental United States and Hawaii.