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57 FLRA No. 182
U. S. Dept. of the Air Force, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina and NAGE, Local R5-188 (Statham, Arbitrator), 0-AR-3425 (Decided June 14, 2002)
This case presented the issue of whether an arbitrator may, by suggesting that a party file a grievance on his behalf under the parties' collective bargaining agreement, use the negotiated grievance and arbitration procedures established by the Statute to collect fees that he believes are owed to him. The award was found deficient and set aside. The Authority noted that such use of the Statute's processes is not authorized by the Statute and, therefore, the grievance was not arbitrable as a matter of law.