American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio, Local 1411, and Helen Owens v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

The American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1411 filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge to protest the proposed suspension of an employee allegedly for conduct occurring in the course of union business. After the suspension was imposed, the employee herself filed a grievance, pursuant to the “Negotiated Agreement” between the Union and her governmental employer, challenging her suspension. Upon the employer’s exception to the arbitrator’s decision sustaining the grievance, the Federal Labor…