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National Treasury Employees Union and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Chicago, Illinois (Authority decision, July 21, 1989)

Chicago IRS bargaining dispute (FLRA 0-NG-1709): Petition dismissed after deficiencies went uncorrected

Decision type
Authority decision
Docket
0-NG-1709
Decided
July 21, 1989
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Citable Authority precedent
Checked against source
2026-10-04
Cited standards
5 C.F.R. § 2424.4(c)(1)
Official source
Read the official release (flra.gov)

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Final FLRA decision. The Authority dismisses the union's negotiability petition because it did not respond to an order to correct deficiencies. An aggrieved person may seek judicial review by filing a petition in an appropriate United States court of appeals within 60 days after issuance under 5 U.S.C. § 7123(a).

Plain-English summary

The National Treasury Employees Union filed a negotiability petition involving the Internal Revenue Service in Chicago. The Authority identified deficiencies in the filing and gave the union until June 30, 1989, to correct them. It warned that failure to comply could lead to dismissal. The union did not respond. The Authority dismissed the petition under its procedural rule without reaching any negotiability question.

Decision snapshot

  • Authority: Deficient negotiability petitions under 5 C.F.R. § 2424.4(c)(1).
  • Outcome: Union's petition dismissed after it failed to correct the filing deficiencies.
  • Key point: The Authority may dismiss a negotiability petition when the petitioner does not respond to an order to correct it.

Full text (FLRA public release)

[ v33 p876 ]
33:0876(122)NG

The decision of the Authority follows:

33 FLRA No. 122

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS
AUTHORITY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES
UNION

and

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY

INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

0-NG-1709

ORDER

July 21, 1989

On June 21, 1989, the Authority issued an Order granting the National Treasury Employees Union (Union) an opportunity to correct deficiencies in its petition for review of negotiability issues in the above-referenced case.

The Authority's Order stated that the submission must be filed by June 30, 1989, and that failure to comply with the Order may result in dismissal of the Union's petition. 5 C.F.R. § 2424.4(c)(1).

The Union has failed to respond to the Authority's Order of June 21, 1989. Accordingly, the Union's petition for review is dismissed. 5 C.F.R. § 2424.4(c)(1).

For the Authority.

________
Clyde B. Blandford, Jr.

Acting Executive Director

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