BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO & FIREARMS v. FLRA

No. 82-799.

464 U.S. 89 (1983)

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 29, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn F. Corwin argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Assistant Attorney General McGrath, Deputy Solicitor General Geller, William Kanter, and Douglas Letter.

Ruth E. Peters argued the cause for respondents. Steven H. Svartz and William E. Persina filed a brief for respondent Federal Labor Relations Authority. Robert M. Tobias, Lois G. Williams, and Kerry L. Adams filed a brief for respondent National Treasury Employees Union.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, by Mark D. Roth and James R. Rosa; and for the National Federation of Federal Employees by Catherine Waelder.


JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Act), Pub. L. 95-454, 92 Stat. 1214, 5 U. S. C. § 7131(a) (1982 ed.), requires federal agencies to grant "official time" to employees representing their union in collective bargaining with the agencies. The grant of official time allows the employee negotiators to be paid as if they were at work, whenever they bargain...

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