Locals 666 & 780 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators v. United States Department of Labor

GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants, Locals 660 and 780, etc. [hereinafter the Union], filed an action against Defendants-Appellees, the Department of Labor [DOL] and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], charging them with a violation of the Service Contract Act [SCA], 41 U.S.C. §§ 351-58 (1976). The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, granted the DOL’s and NASA’s motion to dismiss, finding that the Union lacked standing to pursue its claim. This appeal followed.

Facts

During the developmental phase of the…