Quaker Oats Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Quaker Oats Company appeals from the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review’s order affirming the referee’s award of benefits, for the weeks ending April 28, 1979 through May 26, 1979, to Frank D. Micelli, Charles J. Minnich and Leander D. Krist, three token claimants.1 The referee concluded that the claimants’ unemployment during that period, although related to a labor dispute, was the result of a lockout by the employer within the meaning of Section 402 (d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.2

The collective bargaining agreements between the company and the…