12:0231(52)CU - Naval Air Propulsion Center and AFGE Local 3673 -- 1983 FLRAdec RP

 12 FLRA No. 52
 
 NAVAL AIR PROPULSION CENTER
 Activity/Petitioner
 
 and
 
 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
 EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 3673, AFL-CIO
 Labor Organization
 
                                            Case No. 2-CU-37
 
                    DECISION AND ORDER CLARIFYING UNIT
 
    Upon a petition duly filed with the Authority under section
 7111(b)(2) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute
 (the Statute), 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 careful consideration of the entire record, including the
 parties' contentions, the Authority finds:  The American Federation of
 Government Employees, Local 3673, AFL-CIO (AFGE) was certified in May
 1979, as the exclusive representative for a unit of all general schedule
 employees of the Naval Air Propulsion Center.  Essentially, the
 petition, as amended at the hearing, seeks to clarify the bargaining
 unit status of the 28 employees listed in the Appendix, seeking their
 exclusion on the basis that either they are supervisors or management
 officials.  /1/ SUPERVISORS
 
    In disagreement with the Activity/Petitioner, the Authority finds
 that the incumbents listed in the Appendix are not supervisors within
 the meaning of section 7103(a)(10) of the Statute.  /2/ Thus, the record
 establishes that although these incumbents may, on occasion, direct or
 assign work to subordinates, such functions are routine in nature and do
 not require the consistent exercise of independent judgment.  Nor do
 these incumbents exercise any of the other statutory indicia of
 supervisory authority.  Accordingly, the Authority concludes that they
 are not supervisors and should remain in the unit.  MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS
 /3/
 
    The Activity/Petitioner also contends that the employ