March 30, 2022
Three unions representing federal government employees urged a D.C. Circuit panel Wednesday not to revisit a decision that invalidated a Federal Labor Relations Authority policy change that limited what the unions could bargain over, saying the court correctly ruled that the FLRA didn't adequately explain why it was necessary.
March 11, 2022
The agency that oversees labor-management relations in the federal government asked the D.C. Circuit to rethink its loss in three unions' challenge to a 2020 bargaining policy change, saying the court's opinion conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
February 25, 2022
A look at the labor and employment rulings from D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Joe Biden has picked to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, reveals some noteworthy wins for unions and a willingness to delve deeply into how landmark high court decisions like Wal-Mart v. Dukes should be applied.
February 01, 2022
The federal-sector labor relations arbiter's 2020 decision narrowing government employers' duty to negotiate changes with unions was arbitrary, a D.C. Circuit panel said Tuesday in the first opinion authored by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, considered a front-runner for a U.S. Supreme Court seat.
October 07, 2021
A D.C. Circuit panel appeared skeptical Thursday of a Federal Labor Relations Authority ruling narrowing federal agencies' obligations to negotiate changes to workers' jobs, questioning the agency's reasons for ditching its prior test.
March 19, 2021
The federal agency that administers labor relations for government workers told the D.C. Circuit on Friday that it properly heightened the standard for determining when federal agencies must bargain over working conditions.
February 10, 2021
The federal agency that administers labor relations for government workers illegally restricted collective bargaining rights by making it harder for government unions to get agencies to the negotiating table, the American Federation of Government Employees told the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday.