Mid-Continent Mapping Center, National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Rolla, Missouri (Activity) and National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1960 (Labor Organization/Petitioner)
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The decision of the Authority follows:
4 FLRA No. 58
MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER
NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
ROLLA, MISSOURI
Activity
and
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1960
Labor Organization/Petitioner
Case No. 7-RO-31
DECISION AND ORDER
UPON A PETITION DULY FILED WITH THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
UNDER SECTION 7111(B)(1) OF THE FEDERAL SERVICE LABOR-MANAGEMENT
RELATIONS STATUTE, 5 U.S.C. 7101-7135, A HEARING WAS HELD BEFORE A
HEARING OFFICER OF THE AUTHORITY. THE HEARING OFFICER'S RULINGS MADE AT
THE HEARING ARE FREE FROM PREJUDICIAL ERROR AND ARE HEREBY AFFIRMED.
UPON THE ENTIRE RECORD IN THE SUBJECT CASE THE AUTHORITY FINDS: THE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1960 (NFFE), FILED A
PETITION FOR EXCLUSIVE RECOGNITION FOR CERTAIN OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE
MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER, NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION, U.S. GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY, ROLLA, MISSOURI. THE PETITION WAS AMENDED THREE TIMES. THE
FIRST AMENDED PETITION WAS FOR THE FOLLOWING UNIT:
INCLUDED: ALL NON-PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WHOSE DUTY
STATION IS ROLLA, MISSOURI.
EXCLUDED: ALL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS,
SUPERVISORS, AND EMPLOYEES
DESCRIBED IN 5 U.S.C. 7112(B)(2), (3), (4), (6) AND (7).
AT THE HEARING NFFE TENDERED A SECOND AMENDMENT DESCRIBING THE
PROPOSED UNIT AS:
INCLUDED: ALL NON-PROFESSIONAL GS AND WG EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL
MAPPING DIVISION,
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LOCATED AT ROLLA, MISSOURI.
EXCLUDED: ALL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS,
SUPERVISORS, AND EMPLOYEES
DESCRIBED IN 5 U.S.C. 7112(B)(2), (3), (4), (6) AND (7).
ALSO AT THE HEARING, NFFE PROPOSED A THIRD AMENDMENT AS FOLLOWS:
INCLUDED: ALL GS AND WG EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION,
UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HEADQUARTERED AT ROLLA, MISSOURI.
EXCLUDED: ALL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS,
SUPERVISORS, AND EMPLOYEES
DESCRIBED IN 5 U.S.C. 7112(B)(2), (3), (4), (6) AND (7).
NFFE HAS INDICATED THAT IT IS WILLING TO PROCEED TO AN ELECTION IN
ANY OF THE UNITS DESCRIBED IN THE THREE AMENDED PETITIONS.
THE ACTIVITY CONTENDS THAT THE UNITS DESCRIBED IN THE VARIOUS AMENDED
PETITIONS ARE INAPPROPRIATE AND THAT THE ONLY APPROPRIATE UNIT WOULD BE
ONE THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SERVICED BY THE MID-CONTINENT
STATES PERSONNEL OFFICE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE
CONSERVATION DIVISION, GULF OF MEXICO REGION, METAIRIE, LOUISIAN, WHO
ARE COVERED BY AN EXISTING RECOGNITION.
THE MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER, NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION, IS AN
ACTIVITY WITHIN THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WHICH, IN TURN, IS AN
ACTIVITY WITHIN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLIC LANDS AND THE
EXAMINATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND PRODUCTS
OF THE NATIONAL DOMAIN. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GAGING THE
STREAMS AND DETERMINING THE WATER SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES.
WITHIN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARE SEVERAL MAJOR DIVISIONS; FOUR OF
WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN THE INSTANT CASE-- THE NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION,
THE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION, THE CONSERVATION DIVISION AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONSISTS OF THREE BASIC
REGIONS (THE EASTER, CENTRAL AND WESTERN REGIONS); HOWEVER, NOT ALL
DIVISIONS FOLLOW THE BASIC REGIONAL STRUCTURE.
THE FIELD STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION IS COMPOSED OF
FOUR MAPPING CENTERS AND ONE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER. ONE OF
THE MAPPING CENTERS IS THE MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER WHICH IS THE
FOCAL POINT OF THE SECOND AND THIRD AMENDED PETITIONS IN THE INSTANT
CASE. HEADQUARTERED IN ROLLA, MISSOURI, ITS FUNCTION IS, ESSENTIALLY,
MAKING MAPS. IT IS COMPOSED ORGANIZATIONALLY OF AN INSTRUMENT
MAINTENANCE UNIT, A CARTOGRAPHER TRAINEE GROUP AND FOUR BRANCHES (EACH
HEADED BY A BRANCH CHIEF) WITH VARYING NUMBERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL
SUBELEMENTS.
THE BRANCH CHIEFS REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CENTER CHIEF. THE
CHIEF, MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER, WHO IS UNDER THE LINE DIRECTION OF
THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION, HAS OVERALL PROGRAM
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CENTER. THE CHIEF ALSO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE BUDGET AND DETERMINING PERSONNEL ALLOCATIONS WITHIN THE CENTER.
PERSONNEL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE MID-CONTINENT STATES PERSONNEL
OFFICE.
MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE ASSIGNED TO THE VARIOUS BRANCHES LOCATED IN
ROLLA, MISSOURI; HOWEVER, ONE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO
THE FIELD DISTRICT SECTION OF THE BRANCH OF FIELD SURVEYS PERFORM FIELD
WORK IN A 14 STATE AREA OF THE CENTRAL U.S. THE BULK OF THE ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEES OF THE MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER ARE CARTOGRAPHIC
TECHNICIANS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE
MANUFACTURE OF MAPS. THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FIELD DISTRICT SECTION ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR GATHERING MAPPING DATA AND INFORMATION WHICH IS FED BACK
TO AND USED BY THE BRANCHES HOUSED IN ROLLA. THE DUTY STATION OF THIS
CONTINGENT OF FIELD EMPLOYEES IS WHEREVER THEIR ASSIGNMENT IS AT A
PARTICULAR TIME. TYPICALLY, THEY WORK IN THE SOUTHERN STATES OF THEIR
JURISDICTION IN THE WINTER AND THE NORTHERN STATES IN THE SUMMER. THEY
ARE SUPERVISED BY FOUR PROJECT CHIEFS WHO ARE LOCATED IN THE FIELD, WHO
REPORT TO TWO DISTRICT CHIEFS LOCATED IN THE ROLLA OFFICE. THE FIELD
DISTRICT SECTION IN TURN REPORTS TO THE CHIEF OF THE BRANCH OF FIELD
SURVEYS.
THE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND
ANALYSIS OF THE OCCURRENCE, QUANTITY, QUALITY, DISTRIBUTION AND MOVEMENT
OF SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WATERS THAT COMPRISE THE NATION'S WATER
RESOURCES. ITS FIELD STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF FOUR REGIONS, EACH HEADED BY
A REGIONAL HYDROLOGIST WHO HAS OVERALL PROGRAM AUTHORITY FOR THE REGION.
INVOLVED IN THE INSTANT PROCEEDING IS THE CENTRAL REGION WHICH CONSISTS
OF 15 STATES. WITHIN THE CENTRAL REGION ARE DISTRICT OFFICES HEADED BY
DISTRICT CHIEFS. WITHIN THE DISTRICTS ARE ONE OR MORE SUBDISTRICT
OFFICES WHICH ARE HEADED BY A SUPERVISORY HYDROLOGIST. FOUR OF THE
DISTRICTS (THE ARKANSAS, IOWA, LOUISIANA AND MISSOURI DISTRICTS) ARE
SERVICED BY THE MID-CONTINENT STATES PERSONNEL OFFICE. THE MISSOURI
DISTRICT IS HEADQUARTERED IN ROLLA BUT ALSO HAS SUBOFFICES AND EMPLOYEES
LOCATED IN CREVE COEUR AND INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. THE MAJORITY OF
ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES ARE HYDROLOGIC TECHNICIANS WHOSE DUTIES GENERALLY
INVOLVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FIELD WORK AND A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF
OFFICE WORK DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THEY ARE INVOLVED IN.
ANOTHER OFFICE WHICH IS LOCATED IN ROLLA AND SERVICED BY THE
MID-CONTINENT STATES PERSONNEL OFFICE IS THE ROLLA DISTRICT OFFICE OF
THE AREA MINING SUPERVISOR, CENTRAL REGION, CONSERVATION DIVISION. IT
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING EXPERTISE TO OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE
OFFICES ON MINERAL LEASING MATTERS AND THE FIELD REGULATION OF
OPERATIONS FOR THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF LEASABLE
MINERALS ON FEDERAL AND INDIAN LANDS IN THE DISTRICT. THERE ARE THREE
EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THAT OFFICE-- TWO MINING ENGINEERS AND ONE
SECRETARY. THE OFFICE IS HEADED BY A DISTRICT MINING ENGINEER WHO
REPORTS TO THE ASSISTANT CONSERVATION MANAGER FOR MINING AT THE REGIONAL
LEVEL (THE REGION IS HEADQUARTERED IN LAKEWOOD, COLORADO).
THE RECORD ALSO CONTAINS REFERENCE TO THE GEOGRAPHY PROGRAM OF THE
LAND INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS OFFICE WHICH IS LOCATED IN ROLLA.
HOWEVER, THE RECORD INDICATES THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS OFFICE WERE
TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL MAPPING DIVISION EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1980.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE BASIS THREE REGION
FIELD STRUCTURE OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HOWEVER, EXCEPTIONS EXIST
WITH RESPECT TO THE PERSONNEL OFFICE AND THE GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE
BOTH OF WHICH, IN ADDITION TO HAVING OFFICES IN THE THREE REGIONS, HAVE
OFFICES IN ROLLA. THESE TWO OFFICES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING
SERVICES TO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITS IN THE MID-CONTINENT STATES (DEFINED
AS ARKANSAS, IOWA, LOUISIANA AND MISSOURI).
THE MID-CONTINENT STATES PERSONNEL OFFICE HAS PRIMARY STAFF AND
OPERATING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN ITS
JURISDICTION. LOCATED IN ROLLA, IT HAS A SATELLITE OFFICE IN METAIRIE,
LOUISIANA, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING PERSONNEL FUNCTIONS FOR
THE CONSERVATION DIVISION, GULF OF MEXICO REGION, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
(THE EMPLOYEES OF THAT ORGANIZATION ARE COVERED BY AN EXISTING EXCLUSIVE
RECOGNITION). THE MID-CONTINENT STATES PERSONNEL OFFICE REPORTS TO THE
BRANCH OF PERSONNEL LOCATED IN RESTON, VIRGINIA, WHICH IN TURN REPORTS
TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION ALSO LOCATED IN RESTON. THE EMPLOYEES
ASSIGNED TO THE ROLLA AND METAIRIE OFFICES ARE CLERICAL SUPPORT,
PERSONNEL ASSISTANTS AND CATEGORIES INVOLVED IN THE VARIOUS PERSONNEL
SPECIALTIES.
THE GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE IN ROLLA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING
SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF SPACE, SAFETY AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ACTIVITIES IN THE
MID-CONTINENT STATES AREA. IT REPORTS TO THE BRANCH OF GENERAL SERVICES
IN RESTON, VIRGINIA, WHICH REPORTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION IN
RESTON. THE EMPLOYEES OF THE ROLLA OFFICE FALL INTO SEVERAL CLERICAL
CATEGORIES AND THAT OF GENERAL SUPPLY SPECIALIST.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONNEL AND LABOR RELATIONS FUNCTIONS FOR THE
EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICES DISCUSSED HEREIN RESTS WITH THE MID-CONTINENT
STATES PERSONNEL OFFICE. IN THIS REGARD, THE VARIOUS OPERATING
OFFICIALS INITIATE PERSONNEL ACTIONS AND THE PERSONNEL OFFICE REVIEWS
THEM FOR CONFORMANCE WITH PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS, APPROVES AND
EFFECTUATES THE ACTION. THE PERSONNEL OFFICE SHARES JOINT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAINING WITH THE OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS.
THE RECORD REVEALS THAT THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MANUAL ESTABLISHES
UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION AND
IMPLEMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL PERSONNEL MANUAL AND DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR MANUAL. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD OF ANY PERSONNEL
REGULATIONS ISSUED BELOW THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LEVEL. IN THE AREA OF
LABOR RELATIONS, THE MID-CONTINENT STATES PERSONNEL OFFICE HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND SIGN AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICES
WHICH IT SERVICES. ACCORDING TO UNREFUTED TESTIMONY, THE PERSONNEL
OFFICE POSSESSES THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE ANY MATTER IN DISPUTE. ALSO
THE RECORD INDICATES THAT EXPERTISE IN LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATION RESTS
IN THE PERSONNEL OFFICE AS OPPOSED TO ANY OF THE OPERATING
ORGANIZATIONS.
THE RECORD REVEALS THAT THERE IS FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION INVOLVING THE
ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS WHICH ARE HEADQUARTERED IN ROLLA. SPECIFICALLY
THE PERSONNEL OFFICE AND GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE PROVIDE SUPPORT IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE SPECIALTIES TO THE OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THEIR
JURISDICTION. THE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION AND MID-CONTINENT MAPPING
CENTER PROVIDE DATA AND INFORMATION TO EACH OTHER AND IN THE PAST HAVE
WORKED ON AT LEAST ONE JOINT PROJECT. FURTHERMORE, THE RECORD INDICATES
THAT THE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION DISTRICT OFFICE IN ROLLA RELIES UPON
THE MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER FOR CERTAIN COMPUTER AND PHOTOGRAPHIC
SERVICES.
THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS A CONCLUSION THAT WHATEVER DETAILS OCCUR ARE
PREDOMINANTLY INTRADIVISIONAL; HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT
VIA PROMOTION AND/OR REASSIGNMENT BETWEEN DIVISIONS. MANY OF THE
EMPLOYEES LOCATED IN ROLLA WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING AND SHARE COMMON
FACILITIES SUCH AS CANTEEN AND PARKING AREAS.
IN THE AREA OF BARGAINING HISTORY, THE RECORD INDICATES THAT IN 1971
A UNIT WAS CERTIFIED WHICH CONSISTED OF ALL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY EMPLOYEES
WORKING IN ROLLA. AFTER ONE YEAR OF NEGOTIATION, A CONTRACT COVERING
THE UNIT BECAME EFFECTIVE IN 1973. THE UNIT WAS DECERTIFIED IN 1978.
THE ACTIVITY ARGUES THAT, IF THE MID-CONTINENT STATES PERSONNEL
OFFICE HAS SEVERAL UNITS IN ITS JURISDICTION, IT WILL BE FORCED TO
INCREASE EXPENDITURES AND STAFF IN ORDER TO ADMINISTER THE VARIOUS
BARGAINING RELATIONSHIPS. IN SUPPORT OF THIS ARGUMENT IT CONTENDS THAT
A LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST HAD TO BE HIRED IN THE METAIRIE PERSONNEL
OFFICE BECAUSE OF THE CONSERVATION DIVISION UNIT THERE.
THE AUTHORITY FINDS THAT NONE OF THE UNITS SOUGHT BY THE PETITIONER
AND SET FORTH IN THE VARIOUS AMENDED PETITIONS ARE APPROPRIATE. THE
EMPLOYEES IN THE UNIT PROPOSED IN THE FIRST AMENDED PETITION (I.E.,
THOSE EMPLOYEES WHOSE DUTY STATION IS ROLLA) DO NOT SHARE A CLEAR AND
IDENTIFIABLE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST WHICH IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM
THE VARIOUS EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THOSE OFFICES HEADQUARTERED IN ROLLA
BUT WHO ARE LOCATED ELSEWHERE. PARTICULARLY, THE AUTHORITY NOTES THAT
THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FIELD DISTRICT SECTION OF THE MID-CONTINENT MAPPING
CENTER, THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CREVE COEUR AND INDEPENDENCE SUBDISTRICT
OFFICES OF THE MISSOURI DISTRICT OF THE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION AND THE
EMPLOYEES OF THE METAIRIE PERSONNEL OFFICE SHARE A COMMON MISSION,
FUNCTION AND SUPERVISION WITH, AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME PERSONNEL
POLICIES AND PRACTICES AS THE EMPLOYEES IN THE PROPOSED UNIT.
AS FOR THE EMPLOYEES IN THE UNIT PROPOSED IN THE SECOND AMENDED
PETITION (NON-PROFESSIONALS ASSIGNED TO THE MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER
WHO ARE LOCATED IN ROLLA) THE AUTHORITY ALSO FINDS THAT THEY DO NOT
POSSESS A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST THAT IS SUFFICIENTLY UNIQUE FROM OTHER
EMPLOYEES. THEY SHARE COMMON MISSION, FUNCTION, SUPERVISION AND
PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PRACTICES WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF THE MID-CONTINENT
MAPPING CENTER WHO ARE NOT LOCATED IN ROLLA. MOREOVER, THE FLOW OF WORK
WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO COMMONALITY AMONG THOSE EMPLOYEES LOCATED IN ROLLA
AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT. ADDITIONALLY, IT IS NOTED THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE
OTHER DIVISIONS IN THE AREA SHARE FACILITIES AND RELATED AND/OR
SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF THE MID-CONTINENT MAPPING
CENTER.
SIMILARLY, THE AUTHORITY FINDS THAT THE EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THE
THIRD AMENDED PETITION (THE NON-PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES OF THE
MID-CONTINENT MAPPING CENTER) DO NOT POSSESS A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST
WHICH IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM OTHER EMPLOYEES. AS NOTED ABOVE,
THOSE EMPLOYEES SHARE FACILITIES AND RELATED FUNCTIONS WITH EMPLOYEES OF
OTHER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA. THEY ARE ALSO SUBJECT
TO THE SAME PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PRACTICES AS OTHERS. IN REACHING
THIS CONCLUSION THE AUTHORITY HAS ALSO CONSIDERED THE EVIDENCE
INDICATING THE OCCURRENCE OF INTERDIVISIONAL TRANSFERS AND REASSIGNMENTS
INVOLVING THE ROLLA AREA ACTIVITIES.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABSENCE OF A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT COMMUNITY OF
INTEREST, THE AUTHORITY CONCLUDES THAT NONE OF THE PROPOSED UNITS IN THE
AMENDED PETITIONS WOULD PROMOTE EFFICIENCY OF OPERATIONS. IN THE
AUTHORITY'S VIEW, ALL THREE WOULD TEND TO RESULT IN THE EXISTENCE OF
NUMEROUS UNITS WHICH WOULD, IN TURN, TEND TO RESULT IN INCREASED
EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BARGAINING
RELATIONSHIPS.
IN VIEW OF THE FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE
PETITIONED-FOR UNITS, THE AUTHORITY FINDS IT UNNECESSARY TO RULE UPON
THE ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS RAISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PETITION.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT THE AMENDED PETITIONS IN CASE NO. 7-RO-31
BE, AND HEREBY ARE, DISMISSED.
ISSUED, WASHINGTON, D.C., SEPTEMBER 30, 1980
RONALD W. HAUGHTON, CHAIRMAN
HENRY B. FRAZIER III, MEMBER
LEON B. APPLEWHAITE, MEMBER
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
COPIES OF THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS
AUTHORITY IN THE SUBJECT PROCEEDING HAVE THIS DAY BEEN SENT TO THE
PARTIES BELOW:
MR. BILL BAKER
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
5075 CLAYRIDGE DRIVE, APT. 315
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63129
BOSCO CUDALY
PERSONNEL OFFICER
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
1400 INDEPENDENCE ROAD
ROLLA, MISSOURI 65401
GORDON E. BREWER
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
REGION 7
SUITE 680, CITY CENTER SQUARE
1100 MAIN STREET
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64105