Michael Loconto is a Boston-based arbitrator and mediator providing neutral, independent dispute resolution services for the modern workplace. He is currently available for direct appointment or through the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service roster of arbitrators and other private and public panels. Lauderdale, Lancaster PA and Minneapolis. Mike has trained with the FMCS Institute and has
apprenticed under two members of the National Academy of Arbitrators. He has experience in K-12 and higher education, skilled and manual trades, construction (including project labor agreements and jurisdictional disputes), public safety, dining services, athletics, public sector, and technology workers. Specific issues include: discipline and discharge; contract interpretation; pay and wage differentials; benefits; disability; discrimination and harassment; FMLA; USERRA; and related state and federal laws. Mike has nearly two decades of experience as a thought leader and convener in the fields of labor relations and employment law, previously serving as an in-house counsel to a small college and a labor and employment relations leader for a large university and a major metropolitan city. Mike has worked with union representatives and neutrals to co-lead the Higher Education Industry Council for the Labor and Employee Relations Association and the District Capacity Project of the Massachusetts Education Partnership, and has led or presented on a number of labor-management issues before LERA and the National Centers for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. He has taught legal writing and research to first-year law students at his alma mater, Northeastern University School of Law, and has lectured on school law for undergraduate education students. He is currently teaching contracts at The Labor Guild School of Labor-Management Relations in Boston. Mike is available as a neutral, independent arbitrator, mediator, fact finder or hearing officer in labor and employment-related disputes, and is also available for union organizing and certification processes (e.g., "card check").
