Legal Opinion
United States Department of the Air Force v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 1, 2012No. 11-1281Published
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
BROWN, Circuit Judge:
In 2006, the United States Department of the Air Force announced it would conduct a reduction-in-force (“RIF”) at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. In response, the union representing employees at the Base — the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1547 (the “Union”) — made several proposals about how the RIF should be conducted and asked the Air Force to enter into negotiations. The Air Force claimed it had no duty to negotiate over three of the Union’s proposals, prompting the Union to appeal to the Federal…
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