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The decision of the Authority follows:
14 FLRA No. 43
HEADQUARTERS, 1947th ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT GROUP, U.S. AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Activity/Petitioner
Case No. 3-CU-61
and
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES, GRAPHIC ARTS INTERNATIONAL
UNION, COUNCIL OF HEADQUARTERS, USAF
LOCALS, AFL-CIO
Labor Organization
HEADQUARTERS, 1947th ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT GROUP, U.S. AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Activity/Petitioner
Case No. 3-AC-35
and
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES, GRAPHIC ARTS INTERNATIONAL
UNION, COUNCIL OF HEADQUARTERS, USAF
LOCALS, AFL-CIO
Labor Organization
DECISION AND ORDER CLARIFYING UNIT
Upon petitions duly filed with the Federal Labor Relations Authority
under section 7111(b)(2) of the Federal Service Labor-Management
Relations Statute (the Statute), a consolidated 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 careful consideration of the entire record, including the
parties' contentions, the Authority finds: In Case No. 3-AC-35, the
Activity/Petitioner seeks to amend the certification of representative
by changing the name of the Activity from 1143rd Air Base Squadron,
Headquarters Command, U.S. Air Force /2/ to Headquarters, 1947th
Administrative Support Group, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., in order
to reflect the change brought about by Special Order GA-35 which
established the 1947th Administrative Support Group as a successor
organization to the 1143rd Air Base Squadron, and Air Force Regulation
40-102 and Headquarters Office Instruction 40-102 in which
responsibility for the appointment of civilian personnel,
classifications, and effectuation of a labor relations program was
delegated to the Commander of the 1947th Administrative Support Group.
The Activity/Petitioner contends that the change was strictly in the
name of the Activity and in no way changes the relationship between the
Activity and the AFGE, nor does it change the level of recognition.
The AFGE objects to the petition claiming that it would be subject to
further amendment as the Activity continues to change the title of its
servicing civilian personnel office. The AFGE would prefer to have a
more generic title to avoid the possibility of having further changes.
AFGE also contends that the change is an attempt to lower the level of
recognition and an attempt by management to avoid its responsibility by
insulating itself from the Union.
The Authority finds, in agreement with the Activity/Petitioner, that
the AC petition filed herein seeks only to bring the certification up to
date, and to reflect the new name of the Activity. There is no evidence
in the record to substantiate AFGE's contention that the name change
would have the effect of lowering the level of recognition, or in any
other manner change the relationship of the parties. Accordingly, the
Authority will order that the unit certification be amended to reflect
the change in the name of the Activity.
In Case No. 3-CU-61, the Activity/Petitioner seeks to clarify the
status of numerous employees who it contends should be excluded from the
recognized bargaining unit on the grounds that they are confidential
employees, supervisors, and/or management officials. /3/
Confidential Employees /4/
The Activity/Petitioner contends that the employees listed in
Appendix A are confidential employees and should be excluded from the
bargaining unit. /5/ Charlotte Ann Fletcher, Secretary (Steno),
GS-0318-11; Donna DiToto, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-10; Debra
Simpson, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09; and Donna Hansen, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-07, function as secretaries to the Air Force Chief of
Staff, who among other things, is involved in the formulation of
personnel and labor relations policy for the entire United States Air
Force. Fletcher in her capacity as personal and confidential secretary
to the Chief of Staff; DiToto in her capacity as personal secretary and
administrative assistant to the Chief of Staff; and Simpson and Hansen
as secretaries to the Chief of Staff are privy to conversations and
meetings concerning Air Force wide labor relations and personnel actions
and type correspondence relating to such matters. Eva Taylor, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-11; and Judy Caldwell, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09,
function as secretaries to the Vice Chief of Staff who is involved with
the formulation of Air Force wide personnel and labor relations policy.
Taylor and Caldwell type correspondence involving personnel actions and
labor relations decisions, make phone calls and log in such matters.
Kathleen Hurley, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09, serves as a Personnel
Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff who is involved in the
formulation of Air Force wide labor relations and personnel policies and
is the person to whom the Activity reports. Hurley is privy to
conversations involving formulation of labor relations and personnel
policy and types and files correspondence dealing with such matters.
Patsy Scott, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09 and Rose Ritchey, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-08, serve as secretary and personal assistant to the
Judge Advocate General and the Deputy Judge Advocate General
respectively, who are responsible for, among other things, legal aspects
of the Air Force's labor-relations program. In the course of their
duties, they have access to documents concerning labor relations and are
privy to discussions pertaining to the formulation of Air Force labor
relations policy. Hazel Stanton, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09, serves
as the personal and confidential secretary to the Deputy Chief of Staff
who is responsible for administering the Air Force Civilian Personnel
Program including Air Force labor-management relations. Stanton is
privy to conversations involving personnel and labor relations decisions
and types and files correspondence involving personnel and labor
relations matters. Norma McCauley, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07,
serves as the personal assistant to and performs secretarial and
administrative duties for the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
who is responsible for administering the Air Force civilian personnel
program including labor-management relations. In the course of her
duties, McCauley is privy to conversations involving personnel and labor
relations matters and types and files documents covering personnel
actions and labor relations activities. Alma Davidson, Secretary
(Typing), GS-0318-06, serves as the office assistant for the Division
Chief, Pay Management Division in the Directorate of Civilian Personnel
who is responsible for the Air Force civilian pay program, which
includes negotiations with national unions. Davidson in the course of
her duties handles correspondence, maintains files and types documents
dealing with labor relations and is privy to conversations involving the
formulation of labor relations policies. Doris Price, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-08, serves as the personal secretary and personal
assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Civilian Personnel and Policy. He is also the Director of Civilian
Personnel for Manpower and Personnel who is responsible for, among other
things, labor relations, pay and positions, staffing and employee
relations. Price screens and types correspondence dealing with
personnel matters, and is privy to conversations dealing with personnel
matters and labor relations and to conversations involving the
formulation of personnel and labor relations policy. Mary Moore,
Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07, serves as secretary and personal
assistant to the Deputy Director of Civilian Personnel, who among other
things, is responsible for oversight and review of labor management
relations. Moore types and files correspondence and documents dealing
with labor relations policies. Lois Murphy, Clerical Assistant
(Typing), GS-0301-06, serves as secretary to the Chief of the Labor
Relations Division within the Directorate of Civilian Personnel who
establishes and effectuates overall Air Force labor relations policy.
In the course of her duties, Murphy screens and types correspondence
involving labor relations as well as briefs covering all phases of labor
relations actions for the Division Chief and the labor relations
specialists within the division. Margaret Philbrook, Secretary (Steno),
GS-0318-09, and Helene Braun, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07, serve as
secretaries to the Administrative Assistant and Deputy Administrative
Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force who handle matters involving
labor relations and personnel actions. The Deputy Administrative
Assistant is a member of the negotiating team for local union
negotiations. Philbrook and Braun type documents and correspondence
concerning personnel actions and labor relations and are privy to
conversations dealing with the formulation of personnel and labor
relations policy. Demetra Andrakakos, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09;
Margaret Enright, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08; and Regina Cowne,
Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-06, work in the Office of the General Counsel
serving as secretaries to the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel
who are involved in legal questions involving labor relations and
personnel actions. They type and file documents pertaining to labor
relations and personnel actions and are privy to conversations involving
formulation of labor relations and personnel policy. Bonnie Janik,
Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08 and Millie Campbell, Legislative
Administrative Assistant (Typing), GS-0986-07, work for the Assistant
General Counsel (Personnel and Fiscal) who is involved in handling,
among other things, employee grievances and unit consolidations
proposals. They type, copy, research and assemble material for specific
cases in the area of personnel actions and labor relations and personnel
policy. Josephine Watson, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-11, serves as the
administrative assistant and confidential secretary to the Secretary of
the Air Force who has final approval authority for all Air Force
policies and programs including labor relations. In her function as
administrative assistant, she attends and takes notes at daily staff
meetings with the Secretary of the Air Force where Air Force policy,
including labor relations matters are discussed. Leila Smith,
Secretary, GS-0318-06, serves in the General Litigation Division,
Directorate of Civil Law, Judge Advocate General, providing clerical
support to an attorney involved in, among other things, administrative
proceedings before the Federal Labor Relations Authority and the Federal
Service Impasses Panel. Smith screens correspondence and documents and
types briefs, memos, pleadings, motions to dismiss, or settlement
recommendations, as well as internal memos and correspondence in the
Labor Relations Division of the Judge Advocate General. Celenthia
Barclay, Personnel Clerk (Typist), GS-0203-05; Andrea Horner, Personnel
Clerk (Typist), GS-0203-05; Susan Jones, Personnel Clerk (Typist),
GS-0203-05; and Peggy Shockey, Personnel Clerk (Typist), GS-0203-05,
serve as Personnel/Clerk Typists for the Labor Relations Officer of the
Activity. They type, copy, file, assemble, collate and coordinate
correspondence and other material covering grievances, reprimands and
other labor relations matters.
Based on the record testimony discussed above, the Authority finds
that the employees described above are confidential employees within the
meaning of section 7103(a)(13) of the Statute. In so finding, the
Authority concludes that each of the employees listed above works in a
confidential capacity to an individual who formulates or effectuates
management policies in the field of labor-management relations. /6/
Accordingly, the Authority shall exclude the above-named employees from
the bargaining unit.
The Authority further finds that the other employees listed in
Appendix A are not confidential employees within the meaning of section
7103(a)(13) and must remain in the bargaining unit. While many of these
employees may act in a confidential capacity to agency officials, the
record fails to establish either that they do so with respect to
individuals who formulate or effectuate management policies in the field
of labor-management relations, or that there is an integral relationship
between these employees and the individuals they work for when the
latter is performing duties in the field of labor-management relations.
/7/ Other employees were not shown to act in a confidential capacity
with respect to any agency official and, instead, may merely type or
otherwise have access to labor relations materials. It is well settled
that neither typing nor mere access is sufficient to establish
confidential status. /8/
Supervisors /9/
The Activity/Petitioner contends that the employees listed in
Appendix B are supervisors and should be excluded from the recognized
bargaining unit. Of these, the record establishes that Angus Goodson,
Program Analyst, GS-0345-14, assigns and directs work and effectively
recommends promotions and discipline for subordinates; Wayne Gracie,
Program Analyst, GS-0345-14, and Joyce B. Lucky, Program Analyst,
GS-0345-14, assign and direct work and effectively recommend the hiring
of and discipline for subordinates; William Wood, Data Automation
Program Specialist, GS-0330-14, effectively recommends awards for
subordinates; Richard Hedrick, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13, and Charles
Simonds, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0331-13, assign and direct work
and effectively recommend the hiring of and awards for subordinates;
John Reece, Military Personnel Management Specialist, GS-0205-13, Robert
Tate, Commissary Management Specialist, GS-1144-14, and Ferdinand Stibi,
Translator, GS-1045-13, assign and direct work and effectively recommend
the hiring of subordinates; Clyde Bloodworth, Budget Analyst,
GS-0560-14, assigns and directs work and effectively recommends awards
for subordinates; Albert Gallant, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13, Robert
McClelland, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14, Paul Boland, Computer
Specialist, GS-0334-13, and Frank Atwater, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14,
assign and direct work for subordinates; Edward Barbara, Computer
Specialist, GS-0334-13, adjusts grievances and effectively recommends
the hiring of and promotions and awards for subordinates; Marvin
August, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0334-13, Donald Nungesser, Program
Analyst, GS-0345-13, Bruce Hedrick, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14, Robert
Awe, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13, Robert Finney, Computer
Specialist, GS-0334-14, and John Gates, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13,
assign and direct work and effectively recommend the hiring of
subordinates; Edwin Croswell, Security Specialist, GS-0080-14, adjusts
grievances and Croswell, Security Specialist, GS-0080-14, adjusts
grievances and effectively recommends promotions and awards for
subordinates; and William Randell, Military Records Examining
Specialist, GS-0205-13, assigns and directs work, adjusts grievances and
effectively recommends the hiring of and discipline for subordinates.
Further, the Authority finds that the above duties are not merely
routine or clerical in nature, but require the consistent exercise of
independent judgment. Accordingly, these incumbents are supervisors
within the meaning of section 7103(a)(10) of the Statute. Therefore the
Authority shall order that they be excluded from the unit. /10/
The Authority further finds that the other employees listed in
Appendix B are not supervisors within the meaning of section 7103(a)(10)
of the Statute. Thus, the record establishes that none of these
incumbents exercise any of the statutory indicia of supervisory
authority. Accordingly, the Authority shall order that they remain in
the bargaining unit.
Management Officials /11/
The Activity/Petitioner contends that the employees listed in
Appendix C are management officials and should be excluded from the
unit. In the lead case of Department of the Navy, Automatic Data
Processing Selection Office, 7 FLRA 172(1981), the Authority interpreted
the statutory definition of "management official" to include those
individuals who: (1) create, establish or prescribe general principles,
plans, or courses of action for an agency; (2) decide upon or settle
upon general principles, plans or courses of action for an agency; or
(3) bring about or obtain a result as to the adoption of general
principles, plans or courses of action for an agency. Applying these
criteria to the instant case, the Authority finds that the following are
management officials and shall order their exclusion from the bargaining
unit: Thomas Howard, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13; Jan Tarziers,
Program Analyst, GS-0345-13; Billy Robey, Logistics Management
Specialist, GS-0345-13; Gary Appleton, Logistics Management Specialist,
GS-0345-13; George Ruestow, Transportation Officer, GS-2101-15;
Kenneth Semler, Transportation Officer, GS-2101-14; Stephen Laiko,
Transportation Customs Officer, GS-0301-14; David Leary, Traffic
Management Specialist, GS-2130-13; James Konkel, Traffic Management
Specialist, GS-2130-13; French Hillman, Traffic Management Specialist,
GS-2130-13; Dudley Broyles, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13;
William Christie, Housing Management Officer, GS-1173-13; Charles
Skidmore, Realty Officer, GS-1170-14; Michael Ruzila, Realty Officer,
GS-1170-14; David Arns, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14; Alex Smirnow,
Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-14; Ann Zepeda, Supply Systems
Analyst, GS-2003-13; Richard L'Italien, Quality Assurance Specialist,
GS-1910-15; Robert Sullivan, Supply Funds Manager, GS-2001-13; Bruce
Worden, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13; and James Sandidge, Banking and
Contract Financing Officer, GS-1101-15. Thus, the record indicates that
Howard manages the vehicle procurement program for the Air Force where
he exercises independent authority in determining how much money will be
sought to run this program and how the money will be allocated to best
meet the Air Force requirements; Tarziers manages the Air Force
Munitions Program where he has intensive input in the formation of the
budget based on the requirements he perceives and has the authority to
allocate funds from the budget to best meet Air Force requirements;
Robey is the Chairman of the U.S. Air Force Logistics and Facilities and
Equipment Board where he has a substantial input in orchestrating
logistics facilities requirements through the budget process and is
directly responsible for maintaining Air Force Regulation 400-59 and
making changes as necessary; Appleton is responsible for the Air
Force's Host-Tenant relationships and has authored and maintains Air
Force Regulation 11-4 which sets forth policies and procedures to be
followed in this area; Ruestow serves as Special Assistant for Airlift
to the Air Force Director of Transportation and in this capacity has
represented the United States and the Air Force in international
conferences in developing airlift procedures where he had signatory
authority to bind the United States on decisions made therein and has
authored and maintains Air Force Manual 3-71 and Air Force Regulation
75-29; Semler manages the vehicle maintenance program of the Air Force
and in this capacity establishes optimum manpower levels for the vehicle
maintenance organization and has issued guidelines and policies in the
area of vehicle maintenance through Air Force Manual 77-310, Volume 2;
Laiko is the Air Force Program Manager for the DOD Customs Program and
in his official capacity has authored and maintains Air Force Regulation
76-12 which establishes Air Force policy on the customs function; Leary
establishes Joint Services policies and procedures governing worldwide
transportation of passengers, patients, and cargo on military aircraft,
determining if anyone shall bear the cost and setting the tariff rate,
and in this capacity makes autonomous decisions on whether military
airlift capacity may be used for non-DOD personnel or for other
emergencies; Konkel formulated and manages the "Do It Yourself Moving
Program" for the Air Force and he has developed the guidelines and
substantive provisions for this program; Hillman is responsible for the
program and regulations governing military airlift for DOD and the
program involving contracting commercial carriers to move military cargo
and in this capacity has the authority for approving and overseeing
reciprocal agreements the Military Airlift Command might make with
allied air forces for the airlift of military cargo; Broyles, among
other duties, is responsible for the Air Force Personal Property and
Movement and Storage Program and in this capacity formulated and
published Air Force Regulation 79-25 which governs this program;
Christie is responsible for the Air Force Program On Family Housing and
has written Air Force Regulation 90-2, 90-6 and 90-7 dealing with
inventories and occupancy rates which are used to prepare budget
estimates; Skidmore has the responsibility for policies governing
acquisitions, management and disposal of all Air Force real property
worldwide and in this capacity has written Air Force Regulations 87-1,
81-16 and 81-20 dealing with management of real property; Ruzila
manages the largest and most complex Air Force land acquisitions and
disposition actions, including those related to the MX program and in
this capacity has developed legislative and DOD and Air Force
regulations to permit the military more flexibility to acquire, manage,
and dispose of real estate in performing this mission; Arns, among his
duties, manages Contract Engineering Technical Services and is currently
rewriting Air Force Manual 66-18 which establishes Air Force policy for
obtaining such services; Smirnow is responsible for depot maintenance
policy issues for the Air Force, is the spokesman for depot maintenance
on the Air Staff, and in the course of his duties has formulated and
effectuated the criteria utilized by the Air Force in determining
whether to accomplish depot maintenance organizationally or contract out
for such services; Zepeda is employed in the Munition and Missile
Division and has primary responsibility for nuclear weapons, in the
promulgation of policies governing the sale of missiles and munitions to
foreign governments, and further has authored Chapter 18, Air Force
Regulations 67-1 dealing with the storage of nuclear weapons;
'L'Italien is an Air Force expert on Quality Assurance at both the
international and national level and has written many Air Force and DOD
Regulations on Quality Assurance including DODI 41-55.1; Sullivan
serves as Chairman of the Air National Guard Supply Requirements and
Resources Management Review Board and in that capacity has decision,
execution and internal signature authority in the area of budget
allocation for supply and equipment to Air National Guard units, and is
involved in the issuance of a separate chapter of AFM 67-1 covering this
area; Worden is responsible for management of the Central Management
Allotment, Aviation, Petroleum and Lubricants Account and in that
capacity is personally and solely responsible for the development of
funds, funding requirements, document preparation, system entrance, OMB
presentation and justification, obligation and expense; and Sandidge,
among his other duties, is responsible for debt collection from defense
contractors and exercises independent judgment in the area of
settlements, compromises, suspensions and terminations and has signature
authority to approve advance payments to nonprofit organizations up
$5,000,000 and unused program payments up to $1,000,000. It follows
that their respective responsibilities require and authorize the above
individuals to formulate, determine, or influence the policies of the
Activity within the meaning of section 7103(a)(11) of the Statute as
interpreted by the Authority.
With respect to the other alleged management officials listed in
Appendix C, the Authority finds that they are professionals whose
actions assist in implementing, as opposed to shaping, the Activity's
policies. Thus, the record is clear that these incumbents are not
management officials in that they do not exercise any duties or
responsibilities which require or authorize them to formulate,
determine, or influence the policies of the Activity within the meaning
of section 7103(a)(11) of the Statute. Accordingly, the Authority finds
that these incumbents must remain in the bargaining unit.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the bargaining unit of all GS and WG
non-supervisory, non-professional employees serviced by the Civilian
Personnel Division 1143rd Air Base Squadron, Headquarters Command, U.S.
Air Force be amended to reflect changes in the organizational
designation from the 1143rd Air Base Squadron, Headquarters Command,
U.S. Air Force, to Headquarters, 1947th Administrative Support Group,
U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The unit description as amended is:
All GS and WG non-supervisory, non-professional employees
serviced by the Headquarters, 1947th Administrative Support Group,
U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., excluding all supervisors,
guards, management officials, professionals, employees engaged in
Federal personnel work in other than a purely clerical capacity,
and employees on non-recurring temporary appointments not to
exceed 90 days.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the unit described above sought to be
clarified herein be, and it hereby is, clarified by excluding from said
unit the following individuals: Charlotte Ann Fletcher, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-11; Donna DiToto, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-10;
Debra Simpson, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09; Donna Hansen, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-07; Eva Taylor, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-11; Judy
Caldwell, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09; Kathleen Hurley, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-09; Patsy Scott, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09; Rose
Ritchey, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08; Hazel Stanton, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-09; Norma McCauley, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07;
Alma Davidson, Secretary (Typing), GS-0318-06; Doris Price, Secretary
(Steno), GS-0318-08; Mary Moore, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07; Lois
Murphy, Clerical Assistant (Typing), GS-0301-06; Margaret Philbrook,
Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09; Helene Braun, Secretary (Steno),
GS-0318-07; Demetra Andrakakos, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09;
Margaret Enright, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08; Regina Cowne,
Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-06; Bonnie Janik, Secretary (Steno),
GS-0318-08; Millie Campbell, Legislative Administrative Assistant
(Typing), GS-0986-07; Josephine Watson, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-11;
Leila Smith, Secretary, GS-0318-06; Celenthia Barclay, Personnel Clerk
(Typist), GS-0203-05; Andrea Horner, Personnel Clerk (Typist),
GS-0203-05; Susan Jones, Personnel Clerk (Typist), GS-0203-05; Peggy
Shockey, Personnel Clerk (Typist), GS-0203-05; Angus Goodson, Program
Analyst, GS-0345-14; Wayne Gracie, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14; Joyce
B. Lucky, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14; Robert Tate, Commissary
Management Specialist, GS-1144-14; William Wood, Data Automation
Program Specialist, GS-0330-14; Richard Hedrick, Budget Analyst,
GS-0560-13; Charles Simonds, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0334-13;
Donald Nungesser, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13; John Reece, Military
Personnel Management Specialist, GS-0205-13; Albert Gallant, Program
Analyst, GS-0345-13; Ferdinand Stibi, Translator, GS-1045-13; Bruce
Hedrick, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14; Clyde Bloodworth, Budget Analyst,
GS-0560-14; Robert McClelland, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14; Frank
Atwater, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14; Edward Barbara, Computer
Specialist, GS-0334013; Roger Awe, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13;
Paul Boland, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13; Marvin August, Computer
Systems Analyst, GS-0334-13; Robert Finney, Computer Specialist,
GS-0334-14; John Gates, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13; Edwin
Croswell, Security Specialist, GS-0080-14; William Randell, Military
Records Examining Specialist, GS-0205-13; Thomas Howard, Program
Analyst, GS-0345-13; Jan Tarziers, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13; Billy
Robey, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0345-13; Gary Appleton,
Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-13; George Ruestow,
Transportation Officer, GS-2101-15; Kenneth Semler, Transportation
Officer, GS-2101-14; Stephen Laiko, Transportation Customs Officer,
GS-0301-14; David Leary, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13;
James Konkel, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13; French
Hillman, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13; Dudley Broyles,
Traffic Management Specialist, GS-1230-13; William Christie, Housing
Management Official, GS-1173-13; Charles Skidmore, Realty Officer,
GS-1170-14; Michael Ruzila, Realty Officer, GS-1170-14; David Arns,
Program Analyst, GS-0345-14; Alex Smirnow, Logistics Management
Specialist, GS-0346-14; Ann Zepeda, Support Systems Analyst, GS-200-13;
Richard L'Italien, Quality Assurance Specialist, GS-1910-15; Robert
Sullivan, Supply Funds Manager, GS-2001-13; Bruce Worden, Budget
Analyst, GS-0560-13; and James Sandidge, Banking and Contract Financing
Officer, GS-1101-15 and by including in the unit the remaining employees
listed in Appendices A, B, and C.
Issued, Washington, D.C., April 6, 1984
Barbara J. Mahone, Chairman
Ronald W. Haughton, Member
Henry B. Frazier III, Member
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
APPENDIX A
Employees Alleged to be Confidential Employees
Margaret Philbrook, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Helene Braun, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07
Demetra Andrakakos, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Margaret Enright, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08
Regina Cowne, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-06
Bonnie Janik, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08
Millie Campbell, Legislative Administrative Assistant
(TYPING), GS-0986-07
Shirley Via, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Jane Kubik, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Mary Blair, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07
Sylvia Branch, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Josephine Watson, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-11
Evelyn Deuchar, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-10
Nancy Keller, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Nancy Wooldridge, Secretary (Steno), GS-031810
Patricia Dinger, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-11
Doris Ely, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-10
Charlotte Ann Fletcher, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-11
Donna DiToto, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-10
Debra Simpson, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Donna Hansen, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07
Eva Taylor, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-11
Kathleen Hurley, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Judy Caldwell, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Patsy Scott, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Rose Ritchey, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08
Jacqueline Hall, Clerk Dictating Machine Transcriber,
GS-0316-05
Patricia Mergler, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07
Juanita Teets, Legislative Administrative Assistant (Steno),
GS-0986-07
Leila Smith, Secretary, GS-0318-06
Carole Petti, Lead Clerk-Dictating Machine
Transcriber, GS-0316-06
Hazel Stanton, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-09
Norma McCauley, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-07
Paris Ehrhardt, Clerk Dictating Machine Transcriber, GS-0316-04
David Sekira, Clerk Dictating Machine Transcriber, GS-0316-04
Diana Lloyd, Lead Clerk Typist, GS-0322-05
Jay Lloyd, Personnel Clerk (Tying), GS-0203-05
Doris Price, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-08
Mary Moore, Secretary (Steno), GS-0318-06
Alma Davidson, Secretary (Typing), GS-0318-06
Carolyn Hicks, Clerical Assistant (Tying), GS-0301-06
J. Clark, Clerical Assistant (Typing), GS-0301-06
Lois Murphy, Clerical Assistant (Typing), GS-0301-06
Celenthia Barclay, Personnel Clerk (Typing), GS-0203-05
Andrea Horner, Personnel Clerk (Typing), GS-0203-05
Susan Jones, Personnel Clerk (Typing), GS-0203-05
Peggy Shockey, Personnel Clerk (Typing), GS-0203-05
APPENDIX B
Employees Alleged to be Supervisors
Angus Goodson, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Wayne Gracie, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Joyce B. Lucky, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Robert Tate, Commissary Management Specialist, GS-1144-14
William Wood, Data Automation Program Specialist, GS-0330-14
Richard Hedrick, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Charles Simonds, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0331-13
Donald Nungesser, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
John Reece, Military Personnel Management Specialist, GS-0205-13
Albert Gallant, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Ferdinand Stibi, Translator, GS-1045-13
Bruce Hedrick, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Clyde Bloodworth, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Robert McClelland, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Frank Atwater, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Edward Barbara, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Robert Awe, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Paul Boland, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Dean Ressey, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Marvin August, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0334-13
Robert Finney, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-14
Everett Thompson, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Harold Watson, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Robert Hobbs, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
John Gates, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Edwin Croswell, Security Specialist, GS-0080-14
William Randell, Military Records Examining Specialist,
GS-0205-13
APPENDIX C
Employees Alleged to be Management Officials
Thomas Howard, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Jan Tarziers, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Billy Robey, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-13
Daniel McElwain, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Grover Dunn, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
John Hnat, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Wade Bralley, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-14
Robert Meir, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-14
Billy R. Paseur, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-14
Michael Brensy, Logistics Data Specialist, GS-0301-13
Gary Appleton, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-14
George Ruestow, Transportation Officer, GS-2101-15
Frank Colson, Transportation Officer, GS-2101-14
Kenneth E. Semler, Transportation Officer, GS-2101-14
Stephen Laiko, Transportation Customs Officer, GS-2130-13
David Leary, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13
Marguerite Kellett, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13
James Konkel, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13
French Hillman, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13
Roy Puckett, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-14
Dudley Broyles, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13
William Christie, Housing Management Officer, GS-1173-13
Martin Fritsch, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Harry Goldman, Management Analyst, GS-0343-14
Lester Hill, Construction Program Analyst, GS-0301-13
Herbert Schall, Air Traffic Control Specialist, GS-2152-13
Charles Skidmore, Realty Officer, GS-1170-14
William Edwards, Realty Specialist, GS-1170-14
James Baker, Realty Specialist, GS-1170-14
Michael Ruzila, Realty Officer, GS-1170-14
Mabel F. Nilsen, Realty Specialist, GS-1170-13
Jon Peterson, Realty Specialist, GS-1170-13
Edward Sabine, Realty Specialist, GS-1170-13
William Kimball, Realty Specialist, GS-1170-13
Paul Hirsch, Realty Specialist, GS-1170-13
David Arns, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Jeffrey Jones, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-14
James Bagg, Distribution Facilities Specialist, GS-2030-14
Glenn Moss, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-14
Raymond Kristy, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-14
C. Bruce Lepisto, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-14
James Bowie, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-13
John Janesieski, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-14
Alex Smirnow, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-14
Ann Zepeda, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-13
Roger Bracken, Industrial Specialist, GS-1150-14
William Wiser, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-14
Wilton Stiegmann, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-14
Richard Baltrotsky, Traffic Management Specialist, GS-2130-13
Jerry Gregory, Supply Systems Analyst, GS-2003-13
Kindred LaBorde, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Marvin Smalling, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Winston Adams, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-13
Adam Geuss, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-13
Paul Jamushian, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Edward Patrick, Procurement Career Specialist, GS-0301-15
Frederick Beaman, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Robert Brown, Jr. Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-13
James Wolthius, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-13
Jeremy Olson, Contract Price Analyst, GS-1910-13
Mark Ciavardoni, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Richard L'Italien, Quality Assurance Specialist, GS-1910-15
Christopher Werner, Industrial Relations Specialist,
GS-0246-13
Calvin Garner, Quality Assurance Specialist, GS-1910-13
Sydney Cohen, Industrial Specialist, GS-1150-14
Eric Kattner, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-13
Thomas Yeager, Industrial Specialist, GS-1150-14
Ronald Burt, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Rudie Bartel, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-14
Frank Davis, Management Analyst, GS-0343-15
Joseph Krushinski, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Robert H. Green, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Jean LaFleur, Jr. Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
John Lennon, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Jerome Kamchi, Research and Development Technician, GS-0301-14
William Childs, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Eugene Feinberg, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Richard Curtis, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Milburn Estes, Aerospace Systems Analyst, GS-0301-13
Edward Meyer, Airlift Systems Analyst, GS-0301-14
Paul Tuck, Transportation Analyst, GS-2101-14
Clarence Rausch, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0334-14
Melvin Mikowinski, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0334-13
Sandra Rickman, Contract Administrator, GS-1102-13
Thomas Carney, Management Analyst, GS-0343-14
Kenneth Todd, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Elmer Perry, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Billy Williams, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Walter Downs, Management Analyst, GS-0343-14
John Applewhite, Management Analyst, GS-0343-14
Sidney Laverson, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Donald Wolfe, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Richard Kisling, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Charles Dougherty, Training Administrator, GS-1713-14
Jean Breeden, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Charles W. Miller, Resource Specialist (Personnel),
GS-0301-13
Fred Ward, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0334-13
Thomas Stemetzki, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Eleanor Moss, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Frederick Bohner, Management Analyst, GS-0343-12
Allen Mahoney, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Jacquelyn Williams, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Newell Moy, Training Administrator, GS-1712-14
William Brown, Security Specialist, GS-0080-14
Peggy Gordon, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Mildred Guy, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Robert Sullivan, Supply Funds Manager, GS-2001-13
Kirby McIntosh, Training Specialist, GS-1712-13
George Richards, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Soo Hoo, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Wayne Shipman, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Robert Vandergrift, Foreign Military Sales Specialist,
GS-1101-14
Agnes Schneer, FMS, Financial Specialist, GS-0501-13
William Johnston, FMS Program Specialist, GS-0301-14
Ben Havilland, FMS, Policy and Procedures Specialist,
GS-1101-13
Sidney Friend, Military Personnel Management Specialist,
GS-0205-13
Yolanda Fark, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Robert Halsall, Foreign Military Sales Specialist, GS-1101-13
Omar Ainaire, Foreign Military Sales Specialist, GS-1101-13
William MacDonald, Foreign Military Sales Specialist,
GS-1101-13
James Schmitt, Foreign Military Sales Specialist, GS-1101-13
Hazel Dean, Foreign Military Sales Specialist, GS-1101-13
Ethelle Strickland, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Stevens R. Garrett, Logistics Management Specialist,
GS-0346-13
Leona Dronsfield, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Joseph Nataro, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Richard Barthlett, Communications Management Specialist,
GS-0391-13
Charles Rickard, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Andrew Crawford, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Linda Lucas, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Vernon Prickett, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Helen Patterson, Logistics Management Specialist, GS-0346-13
Clayton Adams, Communications Management Specialist,
GS-0391-14
Robert Moyers, Communications Management Specialist, GS-0391-15
James Binley, Communications Management Specialist, GS-0391-13
Edgar Edwards, Communications Management Specialist, GS-0391-13
William Ehlers, Communications Management Specialist, GS-0391-13
Robert Perrine, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
William Reuter, Computer Systems Analyst, GS-0334-14
Edward Dopler, Civil Air Operations Specialist, GS-2150-14
Robert Sanders, Airlift Operations Specialist, GS-2150-13
Frederick Bachman, Operational Testing Program Specialist,
GS-0301-14
Edmond Curley, Audio-Visual Production Officer, GS-1071-14
Presley Powell, Communications Management Specialist,
GS-0391-14
Malcolm Hormats, Flight Management Systems Analyst, GS-0301-14
Parker Horner, Operational Testing Program Specialist,
GS-0301-14
Daniel King, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
John Alden, Program Analyst, GS-0345-14
Richard Atchison, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Charles Tucker, Nuclear Weapons Systems Analyst, GS-0301-14
Carodean McDowell, Comptroller Policies and Procedures
Analyst, GS-301-14
Ralph Axtell, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Robert Price, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Ralph Dantinne, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Roger Foster, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Bruce Worden, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Cathlynn Sparks, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Thomas Galligan, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Richard Neumann, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Robert Garvey, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Beirn Staples, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Ronald Wells, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Ulysses Berube, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Theodore Nilsen, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Edward Rogers, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
William Bradford, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Frederick Harris, Jr. Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Joseph Farrell, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
John Lang, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Frank Scheid, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Richard Bentz, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Pearlie Warren, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Oscar Fondaw, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Fred Elliot, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Wallace Bassford, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Steve Griffith, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Roger Shemey, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Dennis Brism, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Norman Cross, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
David Hinton, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Louis Lambert, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
George Berguist, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Gerald Bova, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Francis Cava, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Gale DeSluca-Matticoni, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Al Liftman, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Jake Baker, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Phil Stramann, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
George Schaffer, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Jackie Walker, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
David Kilian, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
William Watts, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13
Charles Moore, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Leonard Smith, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-14
Randolph Jennings, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-14
Gordon Ray, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-14
John Moore, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-14
Ben White, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-14
Laurence Morehouse, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-14
Albert Gilbert, Data Automation Program Specialist,
GS-0330-13
Ronald Keith, Data Automation Program Specialist, GS-0330-13
Drusilla Peade, Data Automation Program Specialist, GS-0330-13
Edward Silvester, Data Automation Program Specialist,
GS-0330-13
James Howell, Data Automation Program Specialist, GS-0330-13
Roy Pieper, Data Automation Specialist, GS-0330-14
Marvin Jager, Data Automation Policy Specialist, GS-0330-14
Henry Ficks, Data Automation Specialist, GS-0330-13
Keith Perkins, Data Automation Policy Specialist, GS-0330-14
William LaPlant, Data Automation Specialist, GS-0330-14
H. Vivian Swinson, Cost Analyst, GS-0301-14
Richard Swan, Cost Analyst, GS-0301-13
James Miley, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Carolyn Jackson, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Otis Gabbard, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Michael Miller, Cost Analyst, GS-301-13
Roy Lietza, Program Analyst, GS-0345-13
Mary Patsalos, Budget Analyst, GS-560-13
John Fiedor, Cost Analyst, GS-301-13
James Ramier, FMS Financial Specialist, GS-501-14
Edson Wisely, Computer Specialist, GS-0334-13
Keith Peckins, Data Automation Policy Specialist, GS-0330-14
James H. Allen, Reports Evaluation Analyst, GS-301-14
Martin Rogers, Industrial Resources Officer, GS-301-15
Andrew Johnston, Construction Program and Real Property
Maintenance Officer, GS-0301-15
James Newton, Public Information Officer, GS-1081-14
Steven Thompson, Program Analysis Officer, GS-0345-15
James Sandidge, Banking and Contract Financing Officer,
GS-1101-15
Frank Allen, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Mary Bishop, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Grace Rowe, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Armand Lionard, Printing Specialist, GS-1654-13
Nevin Brown, Printing Specialist, GS-1654-13
Garland Page, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Charlie Stone, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Bernard Joyce, Management Analyst, GS-0343-13
Matt Carmack, Communications Management Specialist, GS-0391-13
Arthur Hagens, Communications Specialist, GS-0393-13
Henry Melet, Data Automation Specialist, GS-0330-13
John Collier, Data Automation Specialist, GS-0330-13
Roselyn Paduck, Budget Analyst, GS-0450-13
Thomas DeBack, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
Jonathan Blaker, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-13
Claudia Naugle, Procurement Analyst, GS-1102-14
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/1/ Air Force Chief of Staff, the Vice Chief of Staff, the Assistant
Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chief of Staff, the Assistant Deputy Chief of
Staff, the Judge Advocate General, the Deputy Judge Advocate General;
Chief, Pay Management Division in the Directorate of Civilian Personnel;
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff; Director of Civilian Personnel for
Manpower and Personnel; Deputy Director for Civilian Personnel; Chief
of Labor Relations Division and the Division Chief within the
Directorate of Civilian Personnel; the Administrative Assistant and the
Deputy Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force;
General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel; Assistant General Counsel
(Personnel and Finance); Secretary of the Air Force.
/2/ On February 7, 1972, the American Federation of Government
Employees, LPIU Council of Headquarters, USAF Locals was certified as
the exclusive bargaining representative for a unit of all GS and WG
nonsupervisory, non-professional employees serviced by the Civilian
Personnel Division, Office of the Secretary of the Air Staff,
Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. On August 10, 1972, the unit
certification was amended to reflect the Activity's name change to the
1143rd Air Base Squadron, Headquarters Command, U.S. Air Force. The
unit certification was again amended in 1974 to reflect the change in
the Union's name from American Federation of Government Employees LPIU,
Headquarters, USAF Locals to its present name of American Federation of
Government Employees, Graphic Arts International Union, Council of
Headquarters, USAF Locals, AFL-CIO (AFGE).
/3/ On March 23, 1982, the Activity/Petitioner notified the Authority
that pursuant to Section 1, Subsection (p) of Executive Order 12338
(January 13, 1982), the following employees who are assigned to the
Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence should be withdrawn
from consideration by the Authority as they are now excluded from the
Federal Labor Management Relations Program: Wilma Pickard, Program
Analyst Officer, GS-0345-15; Robert Boyd, Intelligence Research
Specialist, GS-0132-13; William Kincaid, Intelligence Research
Specialist, GS-0132-13; Alice Norris, Intelligence Research Specialist,
GS-0132-14; Christopher Silva, Intelligence Research Specialist,
GS-0132-13; Glenn Holman, Intelligence Research Specialist, GS-013214;
Charles Crowl, Intelligence Research Specialist, GS-0132-13; Carl
Vavrek, Budget Analyst, GS-0560-13; and Vladimir Culkowski,
Intelligence Operations Specialist, GS-0132-14.
Further, as the record contains no evidence as to the duties
performed by Geraldine Rizzardi, Computer Specialist, GS-1334-14, the
Authority will make no finding with respect to this position.
/4/ Section 7103(a)(13) of the Statute defines a "confidential
employee" as:
. . . an employee who acts in a confidential capacity with
respect to an individual who formulates or effectuates management
policies in the field of labor-management relations(.)
/5/ At the hearing, the parties stipulated that the following
employees were confidential employees and should be excluded from the
bargaining unit: Patricia Hernann, Secretary (Typing), GS-0318-08;
Elizabeth Yeapanis, Secretary (Typing), GS-0318-06; Debra Hagler,
Clerical Assistant (Typing), GS-0301-05; and Janet Closs, Secretary
(Typing), GS-0318-05. The Authority deems such stipulations to be
motions to amend the petition which are hereby granted.
After the filing of the petition, Judy Dean and Carolee Washington
were promoted into other job classifications not involved herein and
consequently, have not been considered.
/6/ See Food and Drug Administration, Region I, 6 FLRA 229(1981).
/7/ Pennsylvania Army National Guard, 8 FLRA No. 119 at 3 (1982) and
Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 5 FLRA 339,
341-342(1981).
/8/ See e.g., Id. at 344.
/9/ Section 7103(a)(10) of the Statute defines a "supervisor" as:
. . . an individual employed by an agency having authority in
the interest of the agency to hire, direct, assign, promote,
reward, transfer, furlough, layoff, recall, suspend, discipline,
or remove employees, to adjust their grievances, or to effectively
recommend such action, if the exercise of the authority is not
merely routine or clerical in nature but requires the consistent
exercise of independent judgment. . . .
/10/ It is therefore unnecessary to pass upon the
Activity/Petitioner's contention that Goodson, Gracie, Lucky, Tate,
Nungesser, Reece, Hedrick, Croswell, Randell, Bloodworth, McClelland and
Atwater should also be excluded from the unit on the basis that they are
management officials and their names have not been listed in Appendix C.
/11/ Section 7103(a)(11) of the Statute defines a "management
official" as:
. . . an individual employed by an agency in a position the
duties and responsibilities of which require or authorize the
individual to formulate, determine, or influence the policies of
the agency. . .