Article 1 - Recognition and Unit Descriptions

Management recognizes GESTA as the exclusive representative of the Units of employees described in the Federal Labor Relations Authority's Certification of Representation* as follows:

1. Unit description for Professional Engineers and Scientists
(Case No. 3-RO-83, dated February 25, 1981) -

Included: All professional engineers and scientists classified in NASA Class Codes 200 and 700 employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Maryland.

Excluded: All non-professional employees; Management officials; supervisors; employees described in Title 5 United States Code 7112(b)(2), (3), (4), (6) and (7); and temporary employees with appointments of less than 180 days.

2. Unit description for Technicians
(Case No. 3-RO-50002, dated December 21, 1984) -

Included: All technicians classified in NASA Class Code 300 employed by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

Excluded: All professional employees; Management officials; supervisors; employees described in Title 5 United States Code 7112(b)(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7); student trainees; and temporary employees with appointments of less than 180 days.

*The description of the Units of employees in the above referenced Certifications of Representation did not include any employees employed by the Wallops Flight Center (now known as the GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility), Wallops Island, Virginia. Accordingly, employees on temporary assignment to Wallops remain in the Units.

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