Department of the Treasury v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, National Treasury Employees Union, Intervenor

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the National Treasury Employees Union (“NTEU”) reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement in 1983. One provision of that agreement would have required management to consider for promotion members of the bargaining unit represented by NTEU before assessing the qualifications of other applicants or potential applicants for a vacant position. The provision would also have required management to wait ten days after receiving a list of qualified…