United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area Office v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal Labor Relations Authority v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area Office

279 F.3d 762 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area Office, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent. Federal Labor Relations Authority, Petitioner, v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Yuma Area Office, Respondent. No. 00-70862. No. 00-71139. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 6, 2001. Filed January 30, 2002. Frank A. Rosenfeld, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the petitioner-cross respondent. William E. Persina, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Washington, DC, for the respondent-cross petitioner. On Petition for Review and Cross Application for Enforcement of an Order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Before BRUNETTI, KLEINFELD and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. OPINION BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge. 1 Section 704 of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 provides that certain federal employees who negotiated over pay and pay practices "in accordance with prevailing rates and practices prior to August 19, 1972" could continue to negotiate over those matters "in accordance with prevailing rates and pay practices."…