American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1858 and U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal Support Activity, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (Authority decision, February 27, 1998)

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

AFGE Local 1858 challenged an arbitrator's award involving the Army's Redstone Arsenal Support Activity. The Authority reviewed the record and found that the union's exceptions established no ground under federal labor law to set the award aside. It denied the exceptions, leaving the award in place. The release does not describe the underlying grievance or the award's terms.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration review under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union exceptions denied; award left in place.
• Key point: The union's exceptions did not establish a statutory ground for setting aside the award.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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53:1499(136)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

53 FLRA No. 136

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 1858

(Union)

and

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

U.S. ARMY MISSILE COMMAND (USAMICOM)

REDSTONE ARSENAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY

REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA

(Agency)

0-AR-2976

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DECISION

February 27, 1998.

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Before the Authority: Phyllis N. Segal, Chair; Donald S. Wasserman and Dale Cabaniss, Members.

This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator David A. Singer, Jr., 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 raised in the exceptions and set forth in section 7122(a).

Accordingly, the Union's exceptions are denied.

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