United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

870 F.2d 554 130 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3135 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Yakima Agency and the Wapato Irrigation Project, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), Respondent-Intervenor. Nos. 88-7077, 88-7159. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 17, 1989. Decided March 20, 1989. Beatrice G. Chester, Washington, D.C., for petitioner/cross-respondent U.S. Dept. of the Interior, et al. Pamela P. Johnson, Washington, D.C., for respondent/cross-petitioner Federal Labor Relations Authority. H. Stephan Gordon, Bruce P. Heppen, and Anne L. Morgan, Washington, D.C., for intervenor Nat. Federation of Federal Employees. Appeal from a Decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Before SNEED and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, District Judge. * NOONAN, Circuit Judge: 1 The United States Department of Interior (the Department) petitions for review of a final order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (the Authority), and the Authority makes a cross application for enforcement of its order. Jurisdiction exists under 5 U.S.C. Sec. 7123 (a). The…