#Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

[pettytiredandjewish]

IMPORTANT

Hey- To those who works in museums and libraries:

Trump just signed an executive order to dismantle the institute of museum and library services

(and six other federal agencies: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and the Minority Business Development Agency.)

Please spread the word

[trump-executive-orders]

Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

Issued March 14, 2025.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1.  Purpose.  This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary.

Sec. 2.  Reducing the Scope of the Federal Bureaucracy.

(a)  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the non-statutory components and functions of the following governmental entities shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and such entities shall reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law:

(i)    the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service;

(ii)   the United States Agency for Global Media;

(iii)  the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution;

(iv)   the Institute of Museum and Library Services;

(v)    the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness;

(vi)   the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and

(vii)  the Minority Business Development Agency.

(b)  Within 7 days of the date of this order, the head of each governmental entity listed in subsection (a) of this section shall submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget confirming full compliance with this order and explaining which components or functions of the governmental entity, if any, are statutorily required and to what extent.

(c)  In reviewing budget requests submitted by the governmental entities listed in subsection (a) of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the head of any executive department or agency charged with reviewing grant requests by such entities shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law and except insofar as necessary to effectuate an expected termination, reject funding requests for such governmental entities to the extent they are inconsistent with this order.

Sec. 3.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or  the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

[dertaglichedan]

One of the seven small federal agencies that President Donald Trump ordered downsized or eliminated on Friday was rife with corruption, with its employees hiring friends and relatives, commissioning paintings of themselves, and using government credit cards to indulge in constant luxuries.

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) occupied a nine-story office tower on D.C.’s K Street for only 60 employees, many of whom actually worked from home, prior to the pandemic. Its managers had luxury suites with full bathrooms; one manager would often be “in the shower” when she was needed, while another used her bathroom as a cigarette lounge. FMCS recorded its director as being on a years-long business trip to D.C. so he could have all of his meals and living expenses covered by taxpayers, simply for showing up to the office.

FMCS is a 230-employee agency that exists to serve as a voluntary mediator between unions and businesses. As an “independent agency,” its director nominally reports to the president, but the agency is so small that in effect, there is no oversight at all — and it showed, becoming a real-life caricature of all the excesses that the Department of Government Efficiency has alleged take place in government.

This reporter spent a year investigating the agency a decade ago, and I found egregious and self-serving violations of hiring, pay, contracting, and purchase card rules. One thing I could not discover is why the agency actually existed, other than to provide luxurious lifestyles for its employees. Endless junkets to resort destinations, which employees openly used to facilitate personal vacations, were justified as building awareness of the agency in the hopes that someone would actually want to use its voluntary services.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

At 10:44 p.m. last night, after the CR got through the Senate, Trump issued an executive order to eliminate "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law" the following agencies:

- The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service - The United States Agency for Global Media - The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution - The Institute of Museum and Library Services - The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness - The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund - The Minority Business Development Agency

[Robert Scott Horton]

[darkmaga-returns]

New OPM rules streamline the removal of federal employees engaged in misconduct (e.g., tax evasion, leaks) by expanding agencies' authority to reassess suitability post-hiring, closing loopholes that protect problematic workers.

The proposal targets civil service safeguards that make firing inefficient or unethical employees difficult, emphasizing that public service is a "privilege, not a right."

Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aims to slash bureaucracy, regulations and spending by 2026, calling it central to his "Save America" agenda.

Executive orders eliminate redundant agencies (e.g., Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service) and enforce a "10-to-1" deregulation policy, requiring new rules to justify economic benefits.

Citizens are encouraged to report government waste, while agencies must cut non-essential functions (e.g., leadership training programs) to prioritize efficiency and taxpayer savings.

[pettytiredandjewish]

To all my Jews who works in museums and libraries/relies on this agency (or currently working on degrees in these fields):

Trump just signed an executive order to dismantle the institute of museum and library services.

The institute of museum and library services is a federal agency that provides funding, support, and resources to museums, libraries, and archives in the United States.

And if anyone of you also works or relies on these other six federal agencies, he is also dismantling them too:

Trump signed an executive order to dismantle seven federal agencies: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and the Minority Business Development Agency.

[autumngracy]

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the world. Mr. Trump directed the heads of the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, to eliminate all functions that are not statutorily mandated. The leaders should also “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law,” the order said. Like many of the president’s moves in his wide-ranging effort to shrink the government, the order appears to test the bounds of his authority. Voice of America’s parent, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, for example, is congressionally chartered as an independent agency, and Congress passed a law in 2020 intended to limit the power of the agency’s presidentially appointed chief executive. Some of the Trump administration’s moves to slash agencies have been halted by federal judges, including on Thursday, when a pair of court rulings called for agencies to reinstate likely thousands of federal employees who were fired last month because they had probationary status. In an opinion issued Friday evening, a federal judge in California made clear he did not believe the administration’s claims that federal agencies were acting of their own accord when they fired those probationary employees. Judge William H. Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California listed more than a dozen examples of officials telling employees that the mass firings had been carried out at the behest of the Office of Personnel Management. In addition to Voice of America, the Agency for Global Media funds Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia. The organization, with a budget of roughly $270 million and more than 2,000 employees, broadcasts in 49 languages. It has a weekly estimated audience of more than 361 million people. By Saturday morning, many journalists and other employees at Voice of America were informed they were being placed on administrative leave, according to an email reviewed by The New York Times. Journalists there said the cuts were so widespread that they would effectively shut down the international broadcaster. The media outlets are intended to provide unbiased news to audiences around the world, but Mr. Trump has criticized its editorial decisions since his first term. Mr. Trump had already stirred fears at the agency by tapping Kari Lake, a fierce loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for governor and Senate in Arizona, to serve as a special adviser there. The other agencies Mr. Trump targeted Friday are the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, which works to prevent and resolve work stoppages and labor disputes; the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a nonpartisan think tank; the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which funds and supports museums, libraries and archives; the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, which works to prevent and end homelessness; the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, which provides financial assistance to struggling communities; and the Minority Business Development Agency, which aims to bolster minority-owned businesses. Within seven days, the heads of the entities are required to submit to Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, their plans for complying with the order and outline which of their functions are statutorily required.

Since Mr. Trump took office, the billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have sought to drastically reshape the federal government by cutting staff and programs. On Tuesday, the Education Department announced it was firing more than 1,300 workers, and after hundreds accepted separation packages, the agency is set to be left with roughly half the number of employees that it started the year with. Mr. Musk’s group has trumpeted saving taxpayers billions of dollars, though its claims have been undermined by posting error-filled data.

[jechristine]

what would the federal mediation accomplish?

https://twitter.com/discussingfilm/status/1678932170478440452?s=46&t=n47a2v7GDKUU6psyBEaWlA

When all unions & employers open contracts, they have to notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. It’s the law. And if the negotiations break down the FMCS often sends out a mediator. When it’s a big contract the FMCS mediators almost always show up. It’s standard practice.

The Union or employer can say that they don’t want to work with the federal mediator, but then they open themselves up to charges of bad-faith bargaining by the opposing side. (There’s a legal responsibility to bargain in good faith)

So my guess is SAG-AFSTRA is just covering its ass by showing they have bargained in good faith all the way up until the last second.

The federal mediators can’t make either party do anything. They have no real power, but they are a “neutral” and can often help.

[dertaglichedan]

Boeing stock fell 3.7% Friday, bringing its decline for the year to nearly 40%.

SEATTLE - Blue-collar workers from Boeing walked picket lines in the Pacific Northwest instead of building airplanes on Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that would have raised their wages by 25% over four years.

The strike by 33,000 machinists will not disrupt airline flights anytime soon, but it is expected to shut down production of Boeing's best-selling jetliners, marking yet another setback for a company already dealing with billions of dollars in financial losses and a damaged reputation.

The company said it was taking steps to conserve cash while its CEO looks for ways to come up with a contract that the unionized factory workers will accept.

Late Friday, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said it would convene new talks early next week.

"FMCS has been in contact with both IAM and Boeing to support their return to the negotiation table and commends the parties on their willingness to meet and work towards a mutually acceptable resolution," the agency said in a statement.

Boeing stock fell 3.7% Friday, bringing its decline for the year to nearly 40%.

The strike started soon after a regional branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers reported that in a Thursday vote, 94.6% of participating members rejected a contract offer that the union's own bargaining committee had endorsed, and 96% voted to strike.

***Hmmmm

[kritziagomez-blog]

SPRING 2025 | FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS POLICY WATCH

Title: Federal Cuts in Motion — What You Need to Know

On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration signed Executive Order 14238, aiming to “reduce federal bureaucracy.” But what’s really happening is the potential dismantling of programs that protect housing access, community development, and economic equity.

Agencies on the chopping block include:

CDFI Fund 💰 (funding for underserved small businesses + housing)

USICH 🛏️ (coordinates efforts to end homelessness)

Minority Business Development Agency

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

and more...

These programs are being ordered to shut down anything not explicitly required by law. That means less support for marginalized communities, fewer resources for shelters, libraries, and nonprofits—and potential job losses + service gaps across the country.

Why it matters:

Groups like OFN, NAAHL, and credit union associations are calling this a direct threat to financial equity, housing justice, and small business survival.

Stay informed. Speak out.

We’ll keep sharing updates as this unfolds. Together, we can defend the programs our communities depend on.

#PolicyWatch #CDFIFund #HousingJustice #StopTheCuts #CommunitySupport #FederalBureaucracy #FriendlySolutions #Spring2025 #ExecutiveOrder14238

[jadestormcloud2]

"As outlined by the executive order, Trump selected these seven agencies as he determined them "unnecessary."

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The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service provides conflict management services for enhancing labor-management relationships.

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The U.S. Agency for Global Media oversees all U.S. non-military, international broadcasting.

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The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution, commonly known as just the Wilson Center, conducts research and provides nonpartisan counsel on global affairs to policymakers internationally.

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Through grants, research and policy development, the Institute of Museum and Library Services supports museums, libraries, archives and other similar organizations through the United States.

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The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness coordinates a federal response to homelessness, working to create partnerships with government agencies and in the private sector

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Part of the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund promotes economic revitalization and community development in underserved communities throughout the country.

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The Minority Business Development Agency aims to promote growth among Minority Business Enterprises, or MBEs, by providing technical assistance programs.

[jbfly46]

Need a job? Here’s a list of federal agencies you can apply to for employment:

- Administrative Conference of the United States

- Administrative Office of United States Courts

- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

- Agency for International Development

- Agriculture Department

- Air Quality National Commission

- Air Transportation Stabilization Board

- American Battle Monuments Commission

- Amtrak Reform Council

- Antitrust Modernization Commission

- Appalachian Regional Commission

- Architect of the Capitol

- Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

- Arctic Research Commission

- Armed Forces Retirement Home

- Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

- Assassination Records Review Board

- Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

- Broadcasting Board of Governors

- Census Monitoring Board

- Central Intelligence Agency

- Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

- Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission

- Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board

- Civil Rights Commission

- Commerce Department

- Commission of Fine Arts

- Commission on Immigration Reform

- Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy

- Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States

- Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals

- Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement

- Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry

- Commission on the Social Security Notch Issue

- Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

- Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

- Commodity Futures Trading Commission

- Competitiveness Policy Council

- Congressional Budget Office

- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

- Consumer Product Safety Commission

- Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

- Corporation for National and Community Service

- Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

- Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

- Crime and Security in U.S. Seaports, Interagency Commission

- Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission

- Defense Department

- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

- Delaware River Basin Commission

- Denali Commission

- Education Department

- Election Assistance Commission

- Electronic Commerce Advisory Commission

- Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Board

- Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Board

- Energy Department

- Environmental Protection Agency

- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

- Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency

- Executive Office of the President

- Export-Import Bank

- Farm Credit Administration

- Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation

- Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

- Federal Acquisition Regulation System

- Federal Communications Commission

- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

- Federal Election Commission

- Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

- Federal Housing Finance Agency

- Federal Housing Finance Board

- Federal Labor Relations Authority

- Federal Maritime Commission

- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

- Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

- Federal Pay, Advisory Committee

- Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

- Federal Register, Administrative Committee

- Federal Reserve System

- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

- Federal Trade Commission

- Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

- Financial Stability Oversight Council

- General Services Administration

- Government Accountability Office

- Government Ethics Office

- Government Publishing Office

- Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

- Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

- Health and Human Services Department

- Homeland Security Department

- Housing and Urban Development Department

- Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission

- Immigration Reform Commission

- Independent Counsel Office

- Indian Arts and Crafts Board

- Indian Claims Commission

- Indian Gaming Commission

- Information Security Oversight Office

- Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

- Institute of Museum and Library Services

- Inter-American Foundation

- Interagency Council on the Homeless

- Interior Department

- Internal Revenue Service

- International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

- International Broadcasting Board

- International Development Cooperation Agency

- International Joint Commission, United States and Canada

- International Trade Commission

- James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation

- Japan-United States Friendship Commission

- John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board

- Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries

- Justice Department

- Labor Department

- Legal Services Corporation

- Library of Congress

- Marine Mammal Commission

- Maritime Administration

- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

- Merit Systems Protection Board

- Millennium Challenge Corporation

- Mississippi River Commission

- National Aeronautics and Space Administration

- National Archives and Records Administration

- National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare

- National Capital Planning Commission

- National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

- National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

- National Council on Disability

- National Credit Union Administration

- National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

- National Gambling Impact Study Commission

- National Indian Gaming Commission

- National Institute for Literacy

- National Labor Relations Board

- National Mediation Board

- National Park Service

- National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

- National Science Foundation

- National Security Council

- National Transportation Safety Board

- National Women's Business Council

- Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

- Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

- Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

- Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

- Office of Government Ethics

- Office of Management and Budget

- Office of National Drug Control Policy

- Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

- Office of Personnel Management

- Office of Science and Technology Policy

- Office of Special Counsel

- Overseas Private Investment Corporation

- Panama Canal Commission

- Peace Corps

- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

- Postal Rate Commission

- Postal Regulatory Commission

- Postal Service

- President's Commission on White House Fellowships

- President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency

- Railroad Retirement Board

- Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

- Regulatory Information Service Center

- Resolution Trust Corporation

- Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

- Securities and Exchange Commission

- Selective Service System

- Small Business Administration

- Smithsonian Institution

- Social Security Administration

- State Department

- State Justice Institute

- Surface Transportation Board

- Susquehanna River Basin Commission

- Tennessee Valley Authority

- Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board

- Trade and Development Agency

- Transportation Department

- Treasury Department

- Truman Scholarship Foundation

- U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

- U.S. Enrichment Corporation

- U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

- U.S. Information Agency

- U.S. Institute of Peace

- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

- U.S. International Trade Commission

- U.S. Office of Special Counsel

- U.S. Sentencing Commission

- United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

- United States Court of Federal Claims

- United States Court of International Trade

- United States Institute of Peace

- United States International Trade Commission

- United States Postal Service

- United States Trade and Development Agency

- Veterans Affairs Department

- Vietnam Education Foundation

- White House Commission on Presidential Scholars

- White House Office

- Women's Bureau

- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

[dubailawyers11]

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