U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, Brecksville Unit, Cleveland, Ohio and American Federation of Government Employees, Local 31 (Authority decision, May 27, 1998)

Final FLRA decision. The Authority denies the agency'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

The VA Medical Center's Brecksville Unit challenged an arbitrator's award involving AFGE Local 31. The Authority stated that it had considered the record and found no deficiency under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a). It denied the agency's exceptions. This short release does not describe the underlying grievance, the award, or the agency's particular grounds for challenge.

Decision snapshot

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

Full text (FLRA public release)

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54:0210(26)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

54 FLRA No. 26

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

MEDICAL CENTER

BRECKSVILLE UNIT

CLEVELAND, OHIO

(Agency)

and

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 31

(Union)

0-AR-3047

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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 Thomas L. Hewitt 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 did not file 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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