Department of the Navy, Naval Underwater Systems Center v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

The Department of the Navy, Naval Underwater Systems Center (“Navy”), petitions this court to review a decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (“FLRA” or “Authority”). The FLRA ordered the Navy to bargain over a proposal the National Association of Government Employees, Local RI-144 (“Union”), made during the course of collective bargaining with the Navy. National Association of Government Employees, Local RI-144, and Department of the Navy, Naval Underwater Systems Center, 29 FLRA No. 47 (1987). The FLRA cross-petitions for enforcement of its order.…