Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, Kentucky and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 830 (Authority decision, January 8, 1987)

Final FLRA decision. The Authority denies a union exception to an arbitration award. Under 5 U.S.C. § 7123(a)(1), an order involving an arbitral award is generally excluded from judicial review unless it involves an unfair labor practice under 5 U.S.C. § 7116. This order does not decide an unfair labor practice.

Plain-English summary

Machinists Local 830 challenged an arbitrator's award involving the Naval Ordnance Station in Louisville. The Authority found that the union had not shown the award was contrary to law, rule, or regulation, or otherwise deficient under the statutory standard for arbitration review. It denied the exception and confirmed that it had jurisdiction to consider it. The published decision does not describe the underlying grievance or the award's terms.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration exceptions under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union exception denied.
• Key point: The published order gives no basis for setting aside the arbitrator's award.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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25:0089(5)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

25 FLRA No. 5

NAVAL ORDNANCE STATION,
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Activity

and

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE
WORKERS, LOCAL 830
Union

Case No. 0-AR-1171

DECISION

This matter is before the Authority on an exception to the award of arbitrator Edwin R. Render filed by the Union under section 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management relations Statute and part 2425 of the Authority's Rules and Regulations.

Upon careful consideration of the entire record before us, we conclude that the Union has failed to establish that the Arbitrator's award is deficient on any of the grounds set forth in section 7122(a) of the Statute; that is, that the award is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation, or that the award is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by Federal courts in private sector labor-management relations.

Accordingly, the Union's exception is denied. /*/

Issued, Washington, D.C., January 8, 1987.
/s/ Jerry L. Calhoun, Chairman
/s/ Henry B. Frazier III, Member
/s/ Jean McKee, Member
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

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(*) Contrary to the Agency's contention in its opposition, the award does not relate to a matter described in section 7121(f) and we confirm our jurisdiction under section 7122(a) to resolve the Union's exception.