American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio, Local 1336 v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of a decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority-styled Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland and American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, 21 FLRA No. 92 (May 12, 1986). The question presented is whether a certain proposal made to the Department of Health and Human Services by a union representing certain of its employees was negotiable, so that the employer was legally obligated to bargain with the union about it. The FLRA (Authority) held that the proposal was not…