[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1403.5]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1403_FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1403.5  Relations with State and local mediation agencies.

    (a) If under State or local law a State or local mediation agency 
must offer its facilities in a labor-management dispute in which the 
Federal Service is proffering its services, the interests of such 
agencies will be recognized and their co-operation will be encouraged in 
order that all efforts may be made to prevent or to effectively minimize 
industrial strife.
    (b) If, in a labor-management dispute there is reasonable doubt that 
the dispute threatens to cause a substantial interruption to commerce or 
that there is more than a minor effect upon interstate commerce, and 
State or other conciliation services are available to the parties, the 
regional director of the Federal Service will endeavor to work out 
suitable arrangements with the

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State or other conciliation or mediation agency for mediation of the 
dispute. Decisions in such cases will take into consideration the 
desires of the parties, the effectiveness and availability of the 
respective facilities, and the public welfare, health, and safety.
    (c) If requested by a State or local mediation agency or the chief 
executive of a State or local government, the Federal Service may make 
its services available in a labor-management dispute which would have 
only a minor effect upon interstate commerce when, in the judgment of 
the Federal Service, the effect of the dispute upon commerce or the 
public welfare, health, or safety justifies making available its 
mediation facilities.