Bureau of Land Management v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The Bureau of Land Management petitions for review of a negotiability decision by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). The decision is reported as National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 642 and Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview District Office, Lakeview, Oregon, 27 F.L.R.A. 862 (1987).

Congress created the FLRA to administer the Federal Labor-Management Relations Act (FLMRA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 7101-35 (1982 & Supp. IV 1986). See 5 U.S.C. § 7105. That statute requires all federal agencies to bargain in good faith with unions, 5 U.S.C. § 7117, and empowers…