Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 19 v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This case involves an interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 552 (West 1996 & Supp.1997). The issue on appeal is the continuing vitality of our opinion in International Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local Union No. 5 v. United States Dep’t of Hous. and Urban Dev., 852 F.2d 87 (3d Cir.1988) (“IBEW”). In IBEW, we held the Freedom of Information Act’s § 552(b)(6) privacy exemption could not prevent disclosure of certain wage related information which the union used to measure compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C.A. §§…