Schreiber Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

The claims for unemployment compensation filed by George Schreiber, and six others in similar position, were denied by the Bureau, the Referee, and the Board of Review upon the ground that claimants’ unemployment during a labor dispute was not due to a lockout by the employer, wherefore they were ineligible for benefits under Section 402(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. Act of 1936, P. L. [1937] 2897, 402(d), 43 P.S. 802(d). Claimants have appealed.

Appellants were employed as servicemen by the Hygienic Sanitation Company, American and Wingohocking Streets,…