Bremerton Metal Trades Council and U.S. Department of the Navy, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington (Authority decision, March 31, 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

The Bremerton Metal Trades Council challenged an arbitrator's award involving the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The Authority reviewed the record and found no reason to set the award aside under the statutory grounds for arbitration review. It denied the union's exceptions. The decision does not describe the underlying grievance or the arbitrator's specific ruling.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration review under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union exceptions denied; award left in place.
• Key point: The Authority found no statutory basis in the union's exceptions for overturning the award.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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53:1634(146)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

53 FLRA No. 146

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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BREMERTON METAL TRADES COUNCIL

(Union)

and

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD

BREMERTON, WASHINGTON

(Agency)

0-AR-3036

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DECISION

March 31, 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 Joseph W. Duffy 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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