A Practice Note discussing the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) and its role effecting the collective bargaining rights of 2.1 million non-postal federal employees world-wide, 2,200 federal unions, and federal agencies. This Note describes the FLRA's organization, including the Authority, Office of General Counsel (OFC), and the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP), jurisdiction under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS), and processes for resolving unfair labor practice (ULP) complaints, union representation petitions (REPs), and other labor disputes between federal employees, unions, and agencies.