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61 FLRA No. 35
U. S. DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION, FAA, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AND NATIONAL AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION (Landau, Arbitrator) Case No. 0-AR-3927
(August 29, 2005)
The Arbitrator determined that the Agency violated the parties' memorandum of agreement by denying official time to an employee who was a member of a bargaining unit to perform representational activities for employees of a different bargaining unit.
The Authority found that official time negotiated under § 7131(d) was intended by Congress for the use of bargaining unit employees on behalf of their own units, not other bargaining units of which they are not members. Accordingly, the Authority concluded that the award was contrary to the Statute and set it aside.