About us

The InterLocal Conflict Resolution Group (ILCRG) is a consortium of government agencies, labor unions and volunteer professionals jointly formed by King County and the King County Labor Council in May 1998 to provide mediation and other forms of dispute resolution services to its members at no cost.

The ILCRG provides mediation services to its members at no cost. Why? Because ILCRG members recognize that mediation is a more effective way of resolving disputes. Mediation is cost effective and improves workplace morale by resolving disputes more quickly. The mediation process may uncover underlying interests that may have gone unaddressed by more conventional means of dispute resolution. Often this will assist in resolving the fundamental problems and in minimizing the recurrence of disputes.

The certified mediators available through the ILCRG are employees of the member agencies and labor unions, supplemented by volunteer professionals. Participating agencies "contribute" the time of their employee mediators to other members, and in return receive mediators for their own problems from other participating agencies. In order to preserve confidentiality and impartiality, mediators do not participate in the resolution of formal disputes originating in their own agency.

For more information contact us at:

King County ADR Program
400 Yesler Way
YES-EX-0205
Seattle, WA 98104