Small Tube Products, Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This is a test case to determine the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of approximately fifty employes of Small Tube Products, Inc., of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The claims cover a period between October 17, 1980, and January 17, 1961. Benefits were allowed by the Bureau of Employment Security, the Referee, and the Board of Review on the ground that a work stoppage which resulted in claimants’ unemployment constituted a lockout. The employer has appealed.

*310The record discloses that appellant is engaged in the manufacture of copper and brass tubing, and…