National Association of Government Employees, Local R14-52 and U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Distribution Depot Red River (Authority decision, May 27, 1998)

Final FLRA decision. The Authority denies the union's exceptions to an arbitration award, ending this proceeding before the Authority. Under 5 U.S.C. § 7123(a)(1), judicial review of an Authority order involving an arbitration award is generally excluded unless the order involves an unfair labor practice.

Plain-English summary

NAGE Local R14-52 challenged an arbitration award involving the Defense Logistics Agency's Red River depot. The Authority said it had considered the record and found no deficiency under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a). It denied the union's exceptions. This short release does not identify the grievance, describe the arbitrator's award, or set out the union's specific objections.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration exceptions under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union's exceptions denied; award left intact.
• Key point: The published release gives no issue specific reasoning beyond its finding that the award was not deficient.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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54:0211(27)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

54 FLRA No. 27

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL R14-52

(Union)

and

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DEFENSE DISTRIBUTION REGION WEST

DEFENSE DISTRIBUTION DEPOT RED RIVER

(Agency)

0-AR-3026

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DECISION

May 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 Don J. Harr 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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