Anderson v. Virginia Employment Commission

By Judge Charles B. Flannagan, II

These matters are before the court on an appeal by several employees of the Brunswick Corporation from the decision of the Commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission denying them unemployment benefits. Petitioners were among a group of employees who were laid off from Brunswick due to lack of work. The lay-off was for an indefinite period.

In 1991, Brunswick met an impasse in labor negotiations, and its contract with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1764, expired at midnight, March 1, 1991. A strike began on March 2. On…