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56 FLRA No. 177
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 121 and U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Case No. 0-NG-2541 (56 FLRA 609) (Decided December 27, 2000)
This case is before the Authority on the Union's motion for reconsideration of the Authority's Decision in 56 FLRA. 609 (2000). Section 2429.17 of the Authority's Regulations permits a party who can establish extraordinary circumstances to request reconsideration of an Authority decision. The Authority concluded that the Union failed to establish that extraordinary circumstances existed and denied the Union's motion.
Preliminarily, the Authority noted that it did not consider the Union's unsolicited supplemental submission, or the Agency's response to it. As to the merits, the Union argued that the Authority erred in finding that the subject employees were not prevailing rate employees within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. § 5342(a)(2)(A) and, therefore, section 9(b) and section 704 were not applicable in this case. The Authority, however, found no basis for reconsidering the Authority's decision.