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58 FLRA No. 34
AFGE, Local 987 and U. S. Dept. of The Air Force, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Robins Air Force Base, Georgia (Odom, Jr., Arbitrator), 0-AR-3569 (Decided October 24, 2002)
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 concluded that the award was not deficient on the grounds raised in the exceptions and set forth in § 7122(a). The Authority noted that because arbitration awards are not precedential, arbitrators are not bound by awards resolving disputes in other cases.