Success Stories
The examples of FMCS successes presented on this page are provided as a snapshot of the important work FMCS conducts to support the nation’s economy and keep commerce flowing. Please note that this list is not comprehensive, and FMCS mediates thousands of cases each year across various industries. The cases highlighted here are just a few representative examples and do not reflect the full scope or range of the Agency’s efforts in resolving disputes and fostering cooperation between employers and employees.
FMCS plays a crucial role in preventing and ending work stoppages, saving American taxpayers millions of dollars annually by minimizing the economic impact of labor disputes. The Agency’s mediation and other services help avoid disruptions in critical sectors, ensuring stability and productivity in the workforce and contributing to a more resilient economy.
Law Enforcement/Defense Military
2023 11 – Strikes End at Nevada National Security Site with FMCS Mediation
FMCS resolved two strikes at the Nevada National Security Site involving Teamsters Local 631 and UA Local 525, restoring mission-critical work, preventing significant economic repercussions, and supporting over 700 employees in local communities dependent on the site’s operations.
Biodefense
FMCS mediated a resolution at Constellation Energy’s nuclear plants, avoiding a costly $1.5 million NRC contingency measure. The agreement ensured continuity in energy production and maintained economic stability in a semi-rural Illinois region.
Critical Infrastructure
2025 03 – FMCS Mediates Silver State Transportation and ATU First Contract
FMCS successfully mediated a first contract agreement between Silver State Transportation and ATU Local 1637, preventing a strike that threatened public transit services in Las Vegas. The resolution protected the daily commutes of 174,000 riders and preserved the operational flow of 404 buses across 39 routes, avoiding costly service disruptions. It sustained mobility for seniors, workers, and more than 2.2 million residents, ensuring continued access to jobs, healthcare, and education. By maintaining reliable transportation, the agreement supported regional economic activity, safeguarded investments in infrastructure, and helped sustain local business and workforce productivity.
2024 10 – FMCS Mediates Agreement to End JTRAN Strike
FMCS successfully mediated a contract amendment between MV Transportation and the Amalgamated Transit Union, ending a 14-day bus operator strike in Jackson, MS. The resolution restored reliable public transportation, facilitating economic activities and enabling planned system improvements critical to the Jackson metropolitan area’s development.
2023 06 – FMCS-Mediated Transportation Agreement Helps Ensure Labor Peace
FMCS mediated a three-year agreement for NORTA employees, addressing driver shortages, employee morale, and safety, preventing service disruptions, and ensuring reliable public transportation for residents of New Orleans, supporting economic stability and growth.
2023 02 – FMCS-Mediated Transportation Agreement Helps Ensure Labor Peace (CATS)
FMCS facilitated a three-year contract between Transit Management of Charlotte and SMART Local 1715, preventing a strike that would have disrupted bus services for over 1 million residents, including 3.6 million quarterly riders in vulnerable communities.
2022 12 – FMCS Mediates Beneficial Gulf Coast Rail Agreement
FMCS facilitated a landmark agreement restoring passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, enhancing transportation options, boosting the Gulf Coast economy, supporting tourism, and benefiting over 2.3 million residents with a low-emissions travel alternative.
Energy
2025 08 – Federal Mediator Helps Gibson Electric Corp and Workers Reach Agreement Averting Strike
FMCS assisted Gibson Electric Membership Corporation and its employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 816 and Local 474 in reaching a new three-year agreement that averted a potential work stoppage. The negotiations involved more than 100 employees and covered critical utility operations serving communities across western Kentucky and western Tennessee.
FMCS helped Con Edison and UWUA Local 1-2 reach a four-year agreement for 8,000 utility workers, preventing a strike during a heat wave and ensuring a continuous power supply and public safety for millions of New Yorkers.
FMCS mediated a three-year agreement for CenterPoint Energy and IBEW Local 66, addressing compensation and leave issues, preventing a potential strike, and ensuring uninterrupted service for over 2.4 million residents in the greater Houston area.
2025 15 – Wisconsin Public Service Corp – IOUE
FMCS aids in agreement ensuring reliable service for Wisconsin Public Service and IUOE Local 20. FMCS facilitated a five-year agreement between Wisconsin Public Service and IUOE Local 20 covering 500 utility workers, ensuring uninterrupted service for more than 776,000 customers statewide.
Healthcare
2025 16 – Mayo Methodist Hospital – SEIU
FMCS assisted Mayo Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in resolving stalled contract talks covering 700 employees. The parties reached a new three-year agreement, averting a strike that could have disrupted patient care at one of Minnesota’s largest hospitals and safeguarded stability for both employees and the surrounding community.
2025 13 – HMH Jersey Shore – HPAE
FMCS mediation prevents strike for 1,600 nurses at HMH Jersey Shore and HPAE. FMCS guided Hackensack Meridian Health and HPAE Local 5058 to a three-year agreement for 1,600 nurses, preventing a costly strike and safeguarding trauma care services for communities across New Jersey.
2025 12 – Prime Healthcare – JNESO
FMCS mediators help avert strike, secure agreement between Prime Healthcare–St. Michael’s and JNESO. FMCS mediated a three-year contract for 325 nurses and healthcare professionals at Prime Healthcare–St. Michael’s, averting a strike and protecting patient care at a critical safety-net hospital in Newark.
2025 10 – Butler Hospital-SEIU
FMCS mediators help end strike and secure agreement for Butler Hospital and SEIU Healthcare. FMCS helped Butler Hospital and SEIU Healthcare New England reach a four-year agreement for 800 workers, ending a 102-day strike and restoring psychiatric care capacity for patients across Rhode Island.
2025 09 – FMCS Mediator Helps Rainy Lake Medical Center and Technical Staff Reach Agreement
FMCS mediated a three-year agreement between Rainy Lake Medical Center and AFSCME Local 65, covering 25 technical employees The mediation prevented a work stoppage at the only hospital within 90 miles, safeguarding access to essential healthcare in northern Minnesota. The agreement ensured workforce stability, maintained critical technical expertise, and protected patients in a rural community where severe winter weather limits alternatives to medical care.
2025 02 – Federal Mediators Help Settle Oregon’s Largest Nurses Strike at Providence Hospitals
FMCS successfully mediated a contract agreement between Providence hospitals and nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association and AFT, resolving the largest nurses’ strike in Oregon history. The agreement covered 5,000 healthcare workers across eight hospitals and helped stabilize hospital operations, address staffing shortages, and implement Oregon’s nurse staffing law. FMCS’s intervention prevented further disruption to care, safeguarded patient safety, and reduced financial strain on the healthcare system, supporting continued medical access for more than 4 million Oregonians.
2024 12 – Federal Mediation Helps Avert Strike at George Washington Hospitals
FMCS successfully mediated a groundbreaking agreement between George Washington Hospital and its resident physicians and fellows, averting a strike that would have disrupted care for nearly 1,900 patients daily. This resolution preserved the hospital’s financial stability and operational efficiency—avoiding costly service disruptions and alleviating economic strain on local taxpayers.
2024 12 – FMCS Helps Secure 1st CBA Between NIH and UAW
FMCS facilitated a three-year collective bargaining agreement between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the NIH Fellows United (represented by UAW), securing competitive pay, benefits, and working conditions for roughly 5,000 non-permanent researchers. This agreement not only stabilizes the workforce to sustain critical research and innovation but also supports economic growth and public health, ultimately benefiting American taxpayers.
FMCS mediated a 2.5-year agreement addressing staffing, security, healthcare, and wages for 4,000 nurses. This agreement relieved staffing shortages, improved hospital operations, and prevented major disruptions in patient care, benefiting millions in Massachusetts and ensuring better resource allocation in the healthcare system.
FMCS facilitated an agreement between St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, resolving issues of staffing and compensation for 500 nurses, which prevented a strike, improved patient care, and ensured the hospital’s operational stability in an under-resourced community, benefiting over 3.7 million residents.
2024 06 – FMCS Intervention Brings Resolution, Averts Strike in Hospital Nurses Negotiations
FMCS mediated negotiations between Temple University Jeanes Hospital and the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, resolving issues of salaries and understaffing for nearly 400 nurses, which prevented a strike, improved job satisfaction, and maintained hospital efficiency, positively affecting over 1.5 million residents.
FMCS mediated a 3.5-year agreement for nearly 1,000 nurses at St. Charles Medical Center, addressing understaffing and economic issues, preventing a costly strike, and ensuring continuous healthcare services for over 600,000 residents in Central and Eastern Oregon.
FMCS mediated a new contract after a workers’ strike, stabilizing hospital operations, retaining 700 healthcare staff, and ensuring continued care for 10 underserved California communities, impacting 3.6 million residents.
2023 02 – NYC Nurses’ Strike Ends After Successful Federal Mediation
FMCS helped end a three-day nurses’ strike, securing agreements for 7,000 nurses across multiple NYC health systems, enhancing patient care, and addressing staffing shortages in hospitals serving millions of residents, including the Bronx’s lowest-income communities.
2023 02 – Federal Mediation Averts Massive Minnesota Nurses Strike
FMCS mediated agreements for 15,000 nurses across 16 hospitals, avoiding a massive strike. These agreements improved staffing levels, expanded care availability, and provided significant cost savings by reducing the need for back-up nurses, thus ensuring continuous healthcare services for Minnesota’s growing population.
Manufacturing
2024 08 – Federal Mediator Assists Roofers’ Assn and Union in Reaching Agreement to End Strike
FMCS mediated an agreement between the Northwest Indiana Roofing Contractors Association and the United Union of Roofers, ending a strike and restoring roofing services across Northwest Indiana, which supported local economies and construction projects.
2024 06 – FMCS Training Paves Way for Tyson Foods and Union to Reach Agreement
FMCS provided training for Tyson Foods and the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, leading to improved communication and working conditions at Tyson’s Shelbyville, Tennessee facility, which helped avert future labor conflicts and ensured economic stability and operational continuity for a significant local employer.
2024 01 – Strike Averted at Century Aluminum with FMCS Mediation
FMCS mediated a five-year agreement between Century Aluminum and United Steelworkers in 2023, preventing a strike that could have cost $27 million to restart smelter operations. The settlement preserved over 500 jobs, supporting the local economy and stability in Kentucky’s manufacturing sector.
2023 10 – FMCS Mediators Help Wabtec Corporation and Union Reach Agreement Ending Lengthy Strike
FMCS mediated a four-year agreement ending a 10-week strike for 1,400 workers at Wabtec’s Erie plant, ensuring job stability, local economic support, and continued investment in innovative technologies, benefiting over 684,000 residents in Pennsylvania.
Economy
2025 17 – FMCS Mediation Supports Grocery Labor Stability Across California
FMCS assisted Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons, and other UFCW Locals in reaching a three-year agreement as part of a broader series of California grocery negotiations, supporting labor stability for tens of thousands of workers and uninterrupted food access statewide.
FMCS mediation resolves strike and facilitates agreement for IKEA Perryville and IAMAW. FMCS assisted IKEA and IAMAW in reaching a three-year agreement for 400 distribution workers, resolving a 64-day strike and stabilizing a key hub in the company’s East Coast supply chain.
FMCS Assistance Secures Agreement for 22,000 Workers at Kroger Atlanta with UFCW Local 1996. FMCS helped Kroger and UFCW Local 1996 secure a new three-year contract for 22,000 grocery workers, preserving labor peace and uninterrupted food access for communities across Georgia.
2024 09 – FMCS Facilitates Historic First Contract Agreement for Unionized Apple Store
FMCS mediated a landmark agreement between Apple and the IAM CORE union, representing workers at the first unionized U.S. Apple Store in Towson, MD. This agreement, which overcame economic disputes, ensures operational stability, enhancing consumer experience in a key Apple market and potentially influencing labor dynamics in the retail industry.
2024 03 – Federal Mediation Resolves Kroger Mid-Atlantic Union Negotiations, Averting Strike
FMCS helped avert a strike involving 3,500 Kroger employees across West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. The resolution prevented disruptions in grocery supply, maintaining access to essential goods and supporting economic stability in local communities.