Timeline 1947-1969 Archives - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service https://www.fmcs.gov/category/timeline-1947-1969/ HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:33:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 1947 https://www.fmcs.gov/1947/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:35:56 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12216 Congress enacts the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act). The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is created as an independent agency of the U. S. government. The agency is given the mission of preventing or minimizing the impact of labor-management disputes on the free flow of commerce by providing mediation, conciliation and voluntary arbitration.

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]]> 1948 https://www.fmcs.gov/1948/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:35:17 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12218 Cyrus S. Ching is appointed by President Truman as FMCS’ first director.

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]]> 1952 https://www.fmcs.gov/1952/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:34:58 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12220 David L. Cole is nominated as the second director of FMCS.

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]]> 1953 https://www.fmcs.gov/1953/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:34:48 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12234 Whitney P. McCoy is appointed by President Eisenhower as the FMCS’ third director. In the first venture into new technology, two mediators from the Midwest put together photographic slides and a tape recorder to produce the Service’s initial "audio-visual" program on the subject of grievance mediation.

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]]> Whitney P. McCoy is appointed by President Eisenhower as the FMCS’ third director. In the first venture into new technology, two mediators from the Midwest put together photographic slides and a tape recorder to produce the Service’s initial “audio-visual” program on the subject of grievance mediation.

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]]> 1955 https://www.fmcs.gov/1955/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:34:30 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12232 Joseph F. Finnegan is appointed by President Eisenhower as FMCS’ fourth director.

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]]> 1957 https://www.fmcs.gov/1957/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:34:16 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12230 The first national training seminars for FMCS mediators are held in four locations around the country.

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]]> 1959 https://www.fmcs.gov/1959/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:33:56 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12228 Congress enacts the Landrum-Griffin Act (Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act) which establishes a bill of rights for union members—a right to sue their union, have a voice in union affairs and control of dues increases, among others.

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]]> 1960 https://www.fmcs.gov/1960/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:33:33 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12226 "The Steelworker’s Trilogy" -- The Supreme Court hands down three decisions that give full support to the arbitration process.

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]]> 1961 https://www.fmcs.gov/1961/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:33:04 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12224 William E. Simkin is appointed by President Kennedy as FMCS’ fifth director. He becomes the longest-serving Director when he departs in 1969.

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]]> 1964 https://www.fmcs.gov/1964/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:32:43 +0000 http://www.fmcs.gov/?p=12222 Director Simkin pledges FMCS cooperation with the Association of Labor Mediation Agencies (state and municipal mediation agencies) and participation in the drafting and adoption of the Code of Professional Conduct for the profession.

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