Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local No. 9 v. United States Air Force

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents a single issue: whether exemption 6 or exemption 7(C) of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6) or 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(C), prohibits the release to a union of the names of employees who work for companies performing government contracts. 1 We hold that it does. We therefore reverse the grant of summary judgment to the plaintiff union.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-appellee Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association Local Union No. 9 (“Union”) is a labor union. It monitors union and non-union sheet metal contractors who…