American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio, Local 2736 v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

Petitioner, the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 2736 (the union), asks us to overturn a determination by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (the Authority) that the union’s negotiability appeal — ordinarily entitled to expedited review under Title YII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. § 7101 et seq. (1982) — should instead be processed as a standard unfair labor practice complaint because of the existence of a factual dispute between the union and the employing agency, the United States Air Force.

The union, a labor organization certified as…