From the Desk of FMCS Director Allison Beck
Dear Labor Relations Practitioner,
In this second decade of the 21st century, the workplace continues to evolve and present labor and management with often daunting challenges. Workers and managers are grappling with new technology, new forms of service delivery, ever-present social media, and the challenges of multiple generations in the workplace.
I want you to know that the FMCS is ready for the future—restructuring and innovating to help you meet the complex workplace challenges you are facing. From “fissured work” and the “gig economy,” to hiring and retaining millennial workers, to teaching the communications, relationship-building and negotiation skills needed for innovative and competitive workplaces, FMCS is here to help.
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Do the young leaders of your organization need training in negotiations, communications, or problem-solving? Do you have a big backlog of grievances creating pressures and problems for your labor-management relationship? Could you use some new and creative approaches to economics bargaining? Are you looking for ways to integrate the new technologies young workers and many seasoned managers rely upon for bargaining and problem solving?
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If the answer to any of these questions is yes, let us help! Today, at FMCS, we are:
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Developing a Young Leaders Academy to prepare the next generation of labor and management in the inclusive leadership skills they will need to create successful enterprises and decent, sustainable jobs (watch for Academy classes to be offered later this year within our FMCS Institute for Conflict Management) ;
- Incorporating cutting edge theory, such as conflict neuroscience, into communications, relationship and bargaining processes and training;
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Offering a variety of approaches to collective bargaining, from Traditional, to Modified Traditional, Expedited, Interest-Based and, what we call the Affinity Model of Economic Bargaining;
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Using remote collaborative technologies (Facilitate Pro and Adobe Connect) and social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) to deliver web-based seminars, training and dynamic content on the platforms young workers use; and
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Leveraging our mediators’ unparalleled conflict resolution experience and skills, both nationally and internationally, across all sectors, industries, and dispute arenas, at the workplace and the bargaining table, in the public policy arena, and in skills development forums, to improve relationships and create the trust, respect and communications skills essential to job growth and economic security.
Check out the new FMCS at www.fmcs.gov, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter. If you have questions, please call the nearest FMCS regional office for answers. We look forward to working with you and supporting your important work.
Respectfully,
Allison Beck
Director
FMCS
2100 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20427
202-606-8100 office
www.fmcs.gov
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