United Federation of Postal Clerks, Afl-Cio v. W. Marvin Watson, Postmaster General of the United States

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

In this action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, appellants challenge the Postmaster General’s construction of Sections 3571 and 3573 of the Federal Employees Salary Comparability Act of 1965. 1 These sections purportedly modernized the working conditions of postal employees by providing overtime pay for overtime work in place of the anachronistic system of compensatory time off, but appellants say the Post Office has found an ingenious (but illegal) way to avoid the prescribed modernization. The District Court granted summary judgment against appellant…