12:0616(116)AR - HUD and AFGE -- 1983 FLRAdec AR

 12 FLRA No. 116
 
 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
 URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 (Agency)
 
 and
 
 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT
 EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
 (Union)
 
                                            Case No. O-AR-448
 
                                 DECISION
 
    This matter is before the Authority on an exception to the award of
 Arbitrator Howard G. Gamser filed by the Union under section 7122(a) of
 the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute and part 2425 of
 the Authority's Rules and Regulations.  The Agency did not file an
 opposition.  /1/
 
    The dispute before the Arbitrator in this matter c