Dienes v. Holland

Plaintiffs, John Dienes, Alfred Cavazos, and Rueben Rodriguez, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County upholding a decision of the Director of Labor in favor of Continental Grain Company. The Director found that plaintiffs were ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits under section 604 of the Illinois Unemployment Compensation Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 434.

Prior to September 1,1971, plaintiffs were employed by Continental, an operator of grain elevators in the Chicago area. On that date, members of a union began a lawful economic strike against…