Legal Opinion

American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3669 v. Shinseki

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 8, 2013No. 11-5359PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

The American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3669 (“the Union”), asserted unfair labor practice charges against the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) on behalf of two nurses at a VA medical center. The VA determined that the charges were covered by the nurses’ statutory right of “collective bargaining” but that they “ar[ose] out of ... professional conduct or competence” within the meaning of 38 U.S.C. § 7422(a)-(b). Therefore, the VA decided that the charges were excluded from…

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