Bull v. United States

OPINION

HEWITT, Judge.

Before the court is the parties’ briefing addressing the effect, if any, of the 1996 National Agreement, the collective bargaining agreement between the National Treasury Employees Union and the United States Customs Service, on plaintiffs’ claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219 (2000). At the request of the court, the National Treasury Employees Union also filed briefing as amicus curiae. For the following reasons, the court finds that the statutory rights plaintiffs have asserted in this action were not waived by the parties’ collective…