American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1923 and Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland (Authority decision, November 18, 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 an exception to an arbitration award and does not state that it involves an unfair labor practice.

Plain-English summary

AFGE Local 1923 challenged an arbitration award involving the Social Security Administration in Baltimore. The agency did not oppose the exception. The Authority found no ground under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a) to set aside the award and denied the union's exception. The published order does not describe the grievance, the arbitrator's remedy, or the union's specific argument.

Decision snapshot

• Authority: Arbitration award review under 5 U.S.C. § 7122(a).
• Outcome: Union exception denied; arbitration award left in place.
• Key point: The order supplies no case-specific reasoning beyond the Authority's conclusion that the award was not deficient.

Full text (FLRA public release)

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54:1493(130)AR

The decision of the Authority follows:

54 FLRA No. 130

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 1923

(Union)

and

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

(Agency)

0-AR-3085

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DECISION

November 18, 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 an exception to an award of Arbitrator Jerome T. Barrett 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 did not file an opposition to the Union's exception.

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 exception and set forth in section 7122(a).

Accordingly, the Union's exception is denied.