Baca v. Employment Services Division of the Human Services Department

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

The district court reversed the decision of the Employment Security Division (E.S.D.) to deny appellees’ claims for unemployment benefits. E.S.D. and the Gas Company of New Mexico (Gas Co.), the employer, appeal. We reverse the judgment of the district court and reinstate the decision of E.S.D.

On March 28,1978, members of the International Association of Machinists, Local 183, struck the Albuquerque service center of Gas Co. and established a picket line. The claimants-appellees, Baca and other members of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the…