Bergseth v. Zinsmaster Baking Co.

Dell, Chief Justice.

Certiorari to review the decision of the commissioner of employment *64security, the sole question being whether an individual, who is automatically retired from her employment under the terms of a collective-bargaining agreement between her employer and her union, is entitled to receive unemployment benefits.

Claimants, members of Local 21 of the Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union, were employed at relator’s baking plant. Pursuant to a union contract a pension plan was inaugurated October 1, 1955, which provided for employer contributions to a pension fund at the rate of…