Saavedra v. Donovan

WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: The Service Contract Act of 1965, 41 U.S.C. §§ 351-358 (the Act), mandates minimum wages and fringe benefits for employees engaged in government contract work. Its purpose is to protect employees of government contractors. Before the Act, the federal government had been ""subsidizing"" substandard levels of compensation by awarding contracts to those who were able to bid low by paying less. American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1668 v. Dunn, 561 F.2d 1310, 1312 (9th Cir. 1977).