Franceschi Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal by the claimant from the refusal of the Board of Review to grant him unemployment compensation benefits on the ground that he had received vacation pay for the weeks in question.

Milan Franceschi, one of 211 claimants similarly situated, was an employe of the Monessen Southwestern Railroad Company and a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The collective bargaining agreement between the company and the union provided as follows:

“Promptly after March 1, of each calendar year each eligible employee shall be requested to specify the vacation…