22:0087(9)AR U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KANSAS CITY DISTRICT and LOCAL 29, NFFE -- 1986 FLRAdec AR

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22 FLRA NO. 9

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KANSAS CITY DISTRICT

Activity

and

LOCAL 29, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Union

Case No. 0-AR-1072

DECISION

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This matter is before the Authority on an exception to the award of Arbitrator Charles E. Clark filed by the Agency under section 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor - Management Relations Statute and part 2425 of the Authority's Rules and Regulations.

II. BACKGROUND AND ARBITRATOR'S AWARD

The dispute submitted to arbitration in this case concerned the procedures for granting official time for representational activities. In settlement of iseveral unfair labor practice charges, the parties agreed that the Activity's implementation of two directives or "management advisories," which provided guidance and instructions for supervisors to follow in approving and recording the use of official time, could be grieved by the Union and submitted to arbitration. The parties further agreed that the scope of the grievance and the award of the arbitrator would be limited to the procedures regarding the granting of official time for representational purposes for specified stewards and officers. Pursuant to this agreement, a grievance

was filed and [ v22 p87 ] submitted to arbitration in which one of the issues the parties stipulated to was whether the procedures

for granting official time implemented by the management

advisories violated the official time provisions of the parties' collective bargaining agreement or past practices of the parties. According to