( July 2, 2026, 2:13 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled, in granting summary judgment to eight federal sector labor organizations, that an interim final rule (IFR) that would have stripped U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) regional directors of all union representation responsibilities and required all cases to be handled directly by the authority was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and ordered vacatur of the rule....