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16:0248(34)CU
The decision of the Authority follows:
16 FLRA No. 34
U.S. ARMY MATERIEL DEVELOPMENT AND
READINESS COMMAND, AUTOMATED LOGISTICS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ACTIVITY
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Activity
and
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 1763
Petitioner
Case No. 7-CU-30014
DECISION AND ORDER CLARIFYING UNIT
Upon a petition 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 Federation of
Federal Employees, Local 1763 (NFFE) was certified as the exclusive
representative for a unit of all professional and nonprofessional
classification act and wage grade employees employed by the U.S. Army
Materiel Development and Readiness Command, Automated Logistics
Management Systems Activity (ALMSA), and all U.S. Army Materiel
Development and Readiness Command Interns with duty station at ALMSA.
Essentially, the petition seeks to clarify the bargaining unit status of
approximately 45 incumbents in 16 job classifications based on the
Activity's allegations that they are supervisors /1/ and must be
excluded from the unit. Of these, the record establishes that the
incumbents in the job classifications listed below assign and direct
work:
Computer Systems Programmer, GM-0334-13, JN 2257
Computer Equipment Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2289
Computer Equipment Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2290
Computer Systems Programmer, GM-0334-13, JN 2315
Computer Systems Programmer, GM-0334-13, JN 2359
Management Analyst, GS-0343-12, JN 1826
Budget Analyst, GS-0560-12, JN 2175
Management Analyst, GS-0343-12, JN 2367
Computer Programmer Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2221
Supply Systems Analyst, GM-2003-13, JN 2225
General Engineer, GM-0801-13, JN 2208
Supply Systems Analyst, GM-2003-13, JN 2228
Logistics Management Specialist, GM-0346-13, JN 2288
Systems Accountant, GM-0510-13, JN 2258
Computer Programmer Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2283
Procurement and Production Analyst, GM-1101-13, JN 2311
Additionally the incumbent in the job classification Budget Analyst,
GS-0560-12, JN 2175 assigns and directs work and has effectively
recommended subordinates for awards. 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, and the Authority shall order that they be
excluded from the unit.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the unit sought to be clarified herein be,
and it hereby is, clarified by excluding from said unit the incumbents
in the following job classifications:
Computer Systems Programmer, GM-0334-13, JN 2257
Computer Equipment Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2289
Computer Equipment Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2290
Computer Systems Programmer, GM-0334-13, JN 2315
Computer Systems Programmer, GM-0334-13, JN 2359
Management Analyst, GS-0343-12, JN 1826
Budget Analyst, GS-0560-12, JN 2175
Management Analyst, GS-0343-12, JN 2367
Computer Programmer Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2221
Supply Systems Analyst, GM-2003-13, JN 2225
General Engineer, GM-0801-13, JN 2208
Supply Systems Analyst, GM-2003-13, JN 2228
Logistics Management Specialist, GM-0346-13, JN 2288
Systems Accountant, GM-0510-13, JN 2258
Computer Programmer Analyst, GM-0334-13, JN 2283
Procurement and Production Analyst, GM-1101-13, JN 2311
Issued, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1984
Henry B. Frazier III, Acting
Chairman
Ronald W. Haughton, Member
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
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/1/ 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(.)