National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1437 and U.S. Department of the Army, Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey (Authority decision, September 24, 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 short decision does not state that it involves an unfair labor practice.

Plain-English summary

NFFE Local 1437 challenged an arbitration award in a dispute with the Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal. The Authority reviewed the record and found no ground under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a) for setting aside the award. It denied the union's exceptions, leaving the award in place. The published decision does not describe the underlying grievance, the award's terms, or the union's specific objections.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration review under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union exceptions denied; arbitration award remains in place.
• Key point: The published order reports no defect in the award under the stated review standard but gives no details of the dispute.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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54:1116(97)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

54 FLRA No. 97

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 1437

(Union)

and

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND
ENGINEERING CENTER

PICATINNY ARSENAL, NEW JERSEY

(Agency)

0-AR-3078

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DECISION

September 24, 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 Jeffrey Tener 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.