Patent Office Professional Association v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

The Patent Office Professional Association (a union) petitions for review of an order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority declaring non-negotiable certain bargaining proposals that it submitted to the Patent and Trademark Office.' Because the Authority properly determined that the Union’s proposals were neither negotiable “procedures” nor “appropriate arrangements” under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, 5 U.S.C. §§ 7105-7135, we deny the petition.

I. Background

The proposals at issue in…