American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1945 and United States Department of the Army, Anniston Army Depot (Authority decision, March 26, 1997)

Final FLRA decision. The Authority denies the union's exceptions 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 decision does not address an unfair labor practice.

Plain-English summary

AFGE Local 1945 challenged an arbitration award involving the Army's Anniston Army Depot. The Authority reviewed the record under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a) and found no ground to set the award aside. It denied the union's exceptions. The short public decision does not describe the grievance, the arbitrator's ruling, or the union's specific objections.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration review under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union exceptions denied; arbitration award left in place.
• Key point: The public decision does not state the underlying dispute or specific reasons for rejecting the exceptions beyond the statutory review standard.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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52:1321(119)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

52 FLRA No. 119

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 1945

(Union)

and

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT

ANNISTON, ALABAMA

(Agency)

0-AR-2742

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DECISION

March 26, 1997

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Before the Authority: Phyllis N. Segal, Chair; and Donald S. Wasserman, Member.

I. Statement of the Case

This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator Roberta J. Bahakel filed by the Union under section 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Regulations. The Agency filed an opposition to the Union's exceptions.

Under section 7122(a) of the Statute, an award is deficient if it is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation; or it is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by Federal courts in private sector labor-management relations. Upon careful consideration of the entire record in this case, the Authority concludes that the award is not deficient on any of the grounds set forth in section 7122(a).

Accordingly, the Union's exceptions are denied.

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