United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas and American Federation of Government Employees Local 2437 (Authority decision, June 30, 1997)

Final FLRA decision. The Authority denies 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

The Dallas VA Medical Center challenged an arbitration award involving AFGE Local 2437. The union opposed the agency's exceptions. The Authority reviewed the record and found no ground under the federal arbitration-review statute to disturb the award, so it denied the exceptions. This short published decision does not describe the underlying grievance, the award's remedy, or the agency's specific objections.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration exceptions under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Agency exceptions denied; arbitration award left in place.
• Key point: The Authority found no stated ground to set aside the award; the decision gives no details about the underlying dispute.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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53:0110(16)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

53 FLRA No. 16

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

MEDICAL CENTER

DALLAS, TEXAS

(Agency)

and

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 2437

(Union)

0-AR-2938

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DECISION

June 30, 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 Norman Bennett 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 set forth in section 7122(a).

Accordingly, the Agency's exceptions are denied.

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