American Federation of Government Employees, Local 3495 (Union) and United States, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Oxford, Wisconsin (Agency)

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59 FLRA No. 114

Before the Authority: Dale Cabaniss, Chairman, and
Carol Waller Pope and Tony Armendariz, Members

      This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator Milo G. Flaten filed by the Union under § 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute) and part 2425 of the Authority's Regulations. The Agency filed an opposition to the Union's exceptions.

      Under § 7122(a) of the Statute, an award is deficient if it is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation; or it is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by Federal courts in private sector labor-management relations. Upon careful consideration of the entire record in this case, and Authority precedent, the Authority concludes that the award is not deficient on the grounds raised in the exceptions and set forth in § 7122(a). See United States Dep't of Defense, Defense Contract Management Agency, 59 FLRA 396, 403 (2003) (award not deficient as contrary to public policy unless it violates policy that is "explicit, well-detailed and dominant" in specific "laws and legal precedents"); AFGE, Local 2921