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57 FLRA No. 38
Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland and AFGE, AFL-CIO, Council 215, Case No. WA-CA-00003 (Decided May 11, 2001)
On March 19, 2001, the Respondent and the Charging Party entered into a settlement stipulation. The Stipulation was approved by the Washington Regional Director of the Authority, on behalf of the General Counsel. The Stipulation provided for entry of a consent order by the Authority and a consent judgment by any appropriate United States Court of Appeals. In addition, the parties waived all further and other proceedings before the Authority to which they were entitled under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute and the Regulations of the Authority, and the Respondent consented to the entry of a decree by an appropriate Federal court enforcing the order of the Authority upon application by the Authority.
Based on the entire record in this case, including the Stipulation, the Authority finds that: (1) the Respondent is an agency, withing the meaning of section 7103(a)(3) of the Statute; (2) the Charging Party is a labor organization, within the meaning of section 7103(a)(4) of the Statute; and (3) the Charging Party is the exclusive representative of a unit of employees appropriate for bargaining under the Statute.