Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.

This unemployment compensation case involves the claims of 218 Newark-based flight attendants employed by respondent Eastern Airlines, Inc., who stopped work on March 4, 1989. Their initial individual claims were denied pursuant to N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(d), which disqualifies an employee whose unemployment is due to a work stoppage caused by a labor dispute which the employee finances, participates in or is directly interested in. On appeal to the Appeal Tribunal, the Appeals Examiner, following a hearing, concluded that the claimants were…