U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving & Printing v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Service Labor Management Relations Statute gives federal employees the right to bargain collectively with government employer units over their “conditions of employment”. 5 U.S.C. § 7102; accord 5 U.S.C. §§ 7103(a)(2) & (a)(12), 7114(a)(4). Matters “specifically provided for” by federal statute, however, are excepted from bargaining. 5 U.S.C. § 7103(a)(14)(C). We here address the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s analysis of that exception as applied to the wages of so-called…