70 FLRA No. 13

 

AMERICAN FEDERATION

OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

LOCAL 2431

(Union)

 

and

 

UNITED STATES

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

REGION 2

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

(Agency)

 

0‑AR‑5211

 

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DECISION

 

November 21, 2016

 

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Before the Authority:  Carol Waller Pope, Chairman, and

Ernest DuBester and Patrick Pizzella, Members

 

                This matter is before the Authority on exceptions to an award of Arbitrator Laurence M. Evans filed by the Union under § 7122(a) of the Federal Service Labor‑Management Relations Statute (the Statute)[1] and part 2425 of the Authority’s Regulations.[2]  The Agency filed an opposition to the Union’s exceptions.

 

                We have determined that this case is appropriate for issuance as an expedited, abbreviated decision under § 2425.7 of the Authority’s Regulations.[3]

 

                The Union does not challenge the Arbitrator’s determination that the grievance was not arbitrable because it was prematurely filed.  Further, to the extent that the Union’s exceptions challenge the Arbitrator’s holdings concerning the grievance’s merits, those exceptions challenge dicta, and do not provide a basis for finding the award deficient.[4] 

 

                Accordingly, we deny the Union’s exceptions.