Legal Opinion

General Motors Corp. v. Bowling

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1981No. 54047PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simon

The question raised by this appeal is whether certain employees of General Motors Corporation (GM) are entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. Claimants were shop clerks employed at GM’s Electro-Motive Division plants in Chicago and La Grange, and belonged to United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local No. 694. These plants employed 275 shop clerks. There were approximately 7,000 production workers in the two plants, and they belonged to UAW Local No. 719.

The collective bargaining agreement for members of Local No. 719 was negotiated…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Baker v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Shell Oil Co. v. CumminsIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Outboard, Marine & Manufacturing Co. v. GordonIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Buchholz v. CumminsIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Sangamo Electric Co. v. DonnelleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1962

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 148 v. Illinois Department of Employment SecurityIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Dunaway v. Department of LaborIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Local 7-641, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union v. Department of LaborIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. BowlingIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Dunaway v. Department of LaborAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982

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