United States Department of the Air Force v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner challenges a Federal Labor Relations Authority finding that it had committed an unfair labor practice by failing to negotiate over the impact and implementation of a new policy affecting off-duty employees charged with major traffic offenses at the Griffiss Air Force Base. Such cases had been handled through disciplinary proceedings at the Base. The new policy, however, called for their referral to a United States Magistrate’s Court for prosecution. Because of substantial evidence in the record supporting the FLRA’s decision, we affirm.

I. Background

The…