15:0855(161)CU - HHS, Region VI, Dallas, TX and NTEU and NTEU Chapter 219; HHS, Region VI, Dallas, TX and NTEU and NTEU Chapter 219 -- 1984 FLRAdec RP

 15 FLRA No. 161
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 AND HUMAN SERVICES, REGION VI
 DALLAS, TEXAS
 Activity
 
 and
 
 NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION AND
 NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION, CHAPTER 219
 Petitioner
 
                                            Case No. 6-CU-30002
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 AND HUMAN SERVICES, REGION VI
 DALLAS, TEXAS
 Activity
 
 and
 
 NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION AND
 NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION, CHAPTER 219
 Petitioner
 
                                            Case No. 6-CU-30003
 
                    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 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 National Treasury
 Employees Union (NTEU) was certified as the exclusive bargaining
 representative for separate units of all General Schedule (GS) and Wage
 Grade (WG) employees and of all professional employees assigned to the
 Regional Office, Region VI, Department of Health and Human Services with
 duty station in Dallas, Texas.  /1/ Essentially, the petition seeks to
 clarify the bargaining unit status of the professional and
 nonprofessional employees of the newly formed Region VI, Office of
 Inspector General, Office of Health Financing Integrity (HFI).  Many of
 these employees had previously been included in the bargaining units
 represented by NTEU.  The Activity contends that