American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1415 (Union) and United States Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Public Works Department, Crane Division, Crane, Indiana (Agency)

69 FLRA No. 41                                                                                                                                                                                 

American Federation

of Government Employees

Local 1415

(Union)

and

United States

Department of the Navy

Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Public Works Department

Crane Division

Crane, Indiana

(Agency)

0‑AR‑5148

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DECISION

April 6, 2016

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Before the Authority:  Carol Waller Pope, Chairman, and Ernest DuBester and Patrick Pizzella, Members

                This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator David S. Paull filed by the Union under § 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.

We have determined that this case is appropriate for issuance as an expedited, abbreviated decision under § 2425.7 of the Authority’s Regulations.

Under § 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 and Authority precedent, we conclude that the award is not deficient on the grounds raised in the exceptions and set forth in § 7122(a). 

Accordingly, we deny the Union’s exceptions.