American Federation of Government Employees Local 2142 and United States Department of the Army, Corpus Christi Army Depot (Authority decision, May 29, 1997)

Final FLRA decision. The Authority denies the union's exception to an arbitration award, completing its review of that challenge. 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 2142 challenged an arbitration award involving the Army's Corpus Christi Army Depot. The Authority considered the union's exception under the statute governing arbitration awards and found no ground to declare the award deficient. It denied the exception, leaving the award in place. The decision does not describe the grievance, the award's terms, or the union's particular objection.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union exception denied; arbitration award left in place.
• Key point: The union did not establish a ground for setting aside the award.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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52:1530(143)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

52 FLRA No. 143

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 2142

(Union)

and

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS

(Agency)

0-AR-2923

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DECISION

May 29, 1997

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

This matter is before the Authority on an exception to an award of Arbitrator Patrick J. Halter 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 exception.

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 exception is denied.

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