Biden Selects Javier Ramirez for Chief Federal Mediator Slot (2)

President Joe Biden plans to nominate Javier Ramirez to direct the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the independent government agency that resolves management-labor disputes.

• Ramirez, who joined the agency in 2005, is currently executive manager of the Division of Agency Initiatives, which oversees conflict prevention and education efforts, the White House said
• He spent more than 14 years in labor relations before joining the FMCS, negotiating contracts and resolving disputes in such diverse areas as communications, immigration, contract administration and politics, according to a mediation service biography
• The FMCS, created under the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, aims to prevent ...