American Federation of Government Employees v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

These two cases raise the question of whether the Maine Air National Guard and Puerto Rico Air National Guard may require their “civilian” technicians to wear military uniforms at all times when they are at work, regardless of whether they are performing “military” or “civilian” duties. More specifically, we must decide whether this “uniform” question is a “mandatory” or “permissive” subject of bargaining between the two National Guard units and the American Federation of Government Employees, the union that represents the units’ civilian technicians. See Labor Management Act, 5 U.S.C. §…