“We have scheduled a mediation session with the firefighter union and its representative for Friday, March 3. It is in the interest of the city and the union to settle the contract to avoid the time and cost of Act 312 Arbitration.”
Bill Stewart
“The union asked the mediator to book out, so that puts them back into a strike position.”
David Sanderson
“This is a strong-willed mediator who does not want to declare the mediation process dead yet.”
Ken Wasch
“as in earlier mediation, including peace-making efforts when he was the state's attorney general, Kobayashi served without extra compensation.”
Charles Turner
“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.”
St. Francis of Assisi
“State mediation [of a proposed educational plan] usually becomes necessary only when there was a breakdown in communications.”
Chet Bialicki
“What South Africa has concluded is not the mediation itself but a report on the current phase of the mediation.”
Ronnie Mamoepa
