Federal Mediation And Conciliation Service

President Reagan will nominate Jean McKee, 56, executive director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service since 1983, as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the White House announced Tuesday.

Facing a firm deadline to forge a new collective bargaining agreement in time to start a 48-game season on Jan. 19 or risk losing another season to labor strife, representatives of the NHL and the players' association invited a federal mediator to rejoin them Wednesday for negotiations that went late into the night at the league's Manhattan offices. Scot Beckenbaugh of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, who has mediated talks twice before, was present when the sides met past 9 p.m. Pacific time.

President Bush on Thursday announced his intention to nominate Bernard E. DeLury, a former Labor Department official, as director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. DeLury, 50, would succeed Kay McMurray.

The NHL and NHL Players' Assn. agreed Monday to allow the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to bring fresh perspective to a dispute that's threatening to devour the 2012-13 season. The FMCS, a government agency that has no ties to either labor or management, helps resolve conflicts in industry, government agencies and communities. Mediators' recommendations are not binding. Scot Beckenbaugh, acting head of the FMCS during an unsuccessful effort to resolve the 2004-05 NHL lockout, was assigned to the negotiations with John Sweeney, the FMCS' director of mediation services.

Caterpillar, UAW Talks End After Brief Session: The two sides met for less than half an hour before Caterpillar executives left the room. A spokesman for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said both sides made opening statements and then decided to meet with mediators to discuss procedures to be used later. He did not characterize the development as a breakdown of the talks, in Louisville, Ky. The strike involves 13,300 workers.

The National Assn. of Broadcast Employees and Technicians accused NBC on Wednesday of "union-busting" and vowed to continue its three-month strike as long as the network stands by its final offer to the union's 2,000 producers, writers and technicians. Government-mediated talks aimed at resolving the strike broke off Tuesday with no further bargaining sessions scheduled.

Top federal mediator Peter J. Hurtgen, who helped broker deals to end the 2002 West Coast port lockout and the California supermarket strike and lockout this year, will leave the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service at the end of this month to return to private law practice, his office said Monday. Hurtgen's chief of staff, Jack Toner, will serve as acting director until a replacement is confirmed by the Senate.

The top federal mediator met Monday with directors of nine upscale hotels and senior union officials as he kicked off efforts to defuse increasingly tense contract talks between the two. Peter J. Hurtgen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, met separately with the two groups to sort out the issues, according to both sides. Talks were expected to resume today.

The supermarket talks have been shelved. Federal mediator Peter J. Hurtgen on Wednesday suspended negotiations between the grocery workers union and the Southland's three major food chains. Talks had resumed Monday after a monthlong stalemate. Hurtgen said the sessions had been useful, but he did not say when they would start back up.

The federal mediator in the Southern California grocery talks recessed the negotiations Tuesday after failing to make much headway in coaxing the major supermarket chains and the workers' union into a new contract. Meanwhile, the union said it planned to begin mobilizing workers this week to prepare for a strike or lockout by selecting picket captains, stocking their food banks and assembling picket signs. In a statement, the U.S.

The federal mediator in the Southern California grocery talks recessed the negotiations Tuesday after failing to make much headway in coaxing the major supermarket chains and the workers' union into a new contract. Meanwhile, the union said it planned to begin mobilizing workers this week to prepare for a strike or lockout by selecting picket captains, stocking their food banks and assembling picket signs. In a statement, the U.S.

Top federal mediator Peter J. Hurtgen, who helped broker deals to end the 2002 West Coast port lockout and the California supermarket strike and lockout this year, will leave the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service at the end of this month to return to private law practice, his office said Monday. Hurtgen's chief of staff, Jack Toner, will serve as acting director until a replacement is confirmed by the Senate.

The top federal mediator met Monday with directors of nine upscale hotels and senior union officials as he kicked off efforts to defuse increasingly tense contract talks between the two. Peter J. Hurtgen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, met separately with the two groups to sort out the issues, according to both sides. Talks were expected to resume today.

The supermarket talks have been shelved. Federal mediator Peter J. Hurtgen on Wednesday suspended negotiations between the grocery workers union and the Southland's three major food chains. Talks had resumed Monday after a monthlong stalemate. Hurtgen said the sessions had been useful, but he did not say when they would start back up.

One year after brokering an end to the costly West Coast port shutdown, Peter J. Hurtgen is back in California, this time seeking to settle the supermarket strike and lockout. Hurtgen, the 62-year-old director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, is riding a recent string of successes in fixing labor disputes. In September, Hurtgen mediated a new contract between Verizon Communications Inc.

Caterpillar, UAW Talks End After Brief Session: The two sides met for less than half an hour before Caterpillar executives left the room. A spokesman for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said both sides made opening statements and then decided to meet with mediators to discuss procedures to be used later. He did not characterize the development as a breakdown of the talks, in Louisville, Ky. The strike involves 13,300 workers.

One year after brokering an end to the costly West Coast port shutdown, Peter J. Hurtgen is back in California, this time seeking to settle the supermarket strike and lockout. Hurtgen, the 62-year-old director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, is riding a recent string of successes in fixing labor disputes. In September, Hurtgen mediated a new contract between Verizon Communications Inc.

Facing a firm deadline to forge a new collective bargaining agreement in time to start a 48-game season on Jan. 19 or risk losing another season to labor strife, representatives of the NHL and the players' association invited a federal mediator to rejoin them Wednesday for negotiations that went late into the night at the league's Manhattan offices. Scot Beckenbaugh of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, who has mediated talks twice before, was present when the sides met past 9 p.m. Pacific time.

President Bush on Thursday announced his intention to nominate Bernard E. DeLury, a former Labor Department official, as director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. DeLury, 50, would succeed Kay McMurray.

The National Assn. of Broadcast Employees and Technicians accused NBC on Wednesday of "union-busting" and vowed to continue its three-month strike as long as the network stands by its final offer to the union's 2,000 producers, writers and technicians. Government-mediated talks aimed at resolving the strike broke off Tuesday with no further bargaining sessions scheduled.