Supreme Court to Review Who Decides State Militia Union Dispute

The US Supreme Court accepted the Ohio National Guard’s request to consider whether the agency that oversees federal-sector labor relations also has jurisdiction over state militias.

The justices agreed Monday to review a US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision that the Federal Labor Relations Authority can preside over a dispute between the Ohio National Guard and an American Federation of Government Employees affiliate representing its technicians.

The Supreme Court’s decision to take the case was limited to the question of whether the Civil Service Reform Act gives the FLRA authority over the dispute.

The Ohio National Guard ...