Social Security Administration, Region VI, San Antonio District Office and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2258 (Authority decision, December 2, 1997)

Final FLRA decision. This is a final order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority involving an arbitral award under 5 U.S.C. § 7122. Judicial review under 5 U.S.C. § 7123(a) generally does not extend to such an order unless the order involves an unfair labor practice under 5 U.S.C. § 7116. This decision resolves exceptions to an arbitration award and does not state that it involves an unfair labor practice.

Plain-English summary

SSA's San Antonio District Office challenged an arbitration award issued by Charles N. Carnes. AFGE Local 2258 opposed the agency's exceptions. The Authority reviewed the record under the statutory grounds for setting aside an arbitration award and found that the agency had established none of them. It denied the exceptions, leaving the award in place. This brief decision does not describe the underlying grievance or the arbitrator's remedy.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration exceptions under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Agency exceptions denied; the arbitration award remains in place.
• Key point: The Authority found no established ground for finding the award deficient.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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53:0939(74)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

53 FLRA No. 74

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

REGION VI

SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT OFFICE

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

(Agency)

and

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 2258

(Union)

0-AR-2928

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DECISION

December 2, 1997

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

This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator Charles N. Carnes filed by the Agency under section 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Regulations. The Union filed an opposition to the Agency'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 raised in the exceptions and set forth in section 7122(a).

Accordingly, the Agency's exceptions are denied.

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