Source: http://openjurist.org/969/f2d/1158/united-states-department-of-interior-minerals-management-service-new-orleans-louisiana-v-federal-lab
Timestamp: 2015-01-28 04:41:17
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7106', '§ 7106', '§ 7106', '§ 7106', '§ 7106', '§ 7106', '§ 7106', '§ 7106', '§ 7106']

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969 F. 2d 1158 - United States Department of Interior Minerals Management Service New Orleans Louisiana v. Federal Labor Relations Authority	Home969 f2d 1158 united states department of interior minerals management service new orleans louisiana v. federal labor relations authority
969 F2d 1158 United States Department of Interior Minerals Management Service New Orleans Louisiana v. Federal Labor Relations Authority 969 F.2d 1158
140 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2805, 297 U.S.App.D.C. 158
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR MINERALS MANAGEMENTSERVICE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, Petitioner,v.FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent,American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local3457, Intervenor.
Nos. 91-1218, 91-1219 and 91-1510.
Argued March 2, 1992.Decided July 17, 1992.
Robert V. Zener, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioner.
Frederick M. Herrera, Atty., Federal Labor Relations Authority, with whom William E. Persina, Sol., and William R. Tobey, Deputy Sol., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent. Jill A. Griffin, Atty., Federal Labor Relations Authority, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for respondent.
Joe Goldberg, Charles A. Hobbie, Washington, D.C., and Mark D. Roth, Chicago, Ill., entered appearances for intervenor.
Before WALD, SENTELLE, and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.
In this consolidated proceeding, the Departments of Interior and Education petition for review of determinations by the Federal Labor Relations Authority ("FLRA" or "Authority") that certain union proposals addressing drug testing programs and agency personnel actions are negotiable as "appropriate arrangements for employees adversely affected by the exercise" of management rights. 5 U.S.C. § 7106(b)(3). Because we conclude that the Authority erred in its application of § 7106(b)(3), we allow the petitions for review and deny the Authority's cross-petitions for enforcement.
Under 5 U.S.C. § 7106(a) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute ("FSLMRS"), agencies have no duty to bargain over "management rights," including the agency's budget, mission, work assignments, and internal security practices. Labor organizations may, however, negotiate
procedures which management officials of the agency will observe in exercising any authority under [§ 7106(a) ], ... [and] appropriate arrangements for employees adversely affected by the exercise of any authority under [§ 7106(a) ] by such management officials.
5 U.S.C. § 7106(b)(2)-(3). In each of the three consolidated decisions before us, a labor union submitted proposals for negotiation; a government agency (in two instances the Department of Education, in one the Department of the Interior) asserted that the proposal was protected from negotiability by the management rights doctrine. The union asserted a § 7106(b) exception. The Authority held each proposal negotiable.
In American Federation of Government Employees, Dep't of Education Council of AFGE Locals and U.S. Dep't of Education, 38 F.L.R.A. 1068 (1990) ("Education I"), the labor union submitted a proposal regarding Education's drug testing program, asking Education to "agree[ ] that the establishment and administration of its drug abuse testing program will be done in strict compliance with the U.S. Constitution and all applicable laws, rules and regulations and this [collective bargaining] agreement." Id. at 1074. Education asserted that this provision directly interfered with the management right to determine "internal security practices" under § 7106(a)(1). The Authority agreed but ruled the proposal negotiable under § 7106(b)(3) as an "appropriate arrangement for employees adversely affected by the exercise of a management right." Id. at 1077 (citin