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55 FLRA No. 138
U.S. Department of the Air Force Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma and AFGE, Local 916 (Harr, Arbitrator), 0-AR-2888 (Decided September 17, 1999)
The Arbitrator denied a grievance filed by the Agency that alleged that the Union violated applicable law, rule, regulation, past practice, and the parties' collective bargaining agreement when a Union representative used official time to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement covering employees of a different agency.
The Authority found that the Agency's exceptions that the award was contrary to section 7131(a) of the Statute and did not draw its essence from the parties' agreement did not establish that the award was deficient. With respect to the Agency's remaining exceptions, the Authority concluded that the record did not contain sufficient factual findings to determine whether the award was contrary to the cited laws. The case was remanded to the parties for resubmission to the Arbitrator.