Dow Chemical Co. v. Curtis

In 1974, while on strike against the Dow Chemical Company, 486 of Dow’s employees arranged with other employers to perform interim jobs which lasted, on the average, less than two days, for the purpose of qualifying for unemployment compensation. While the strike was still in progress and claims by the 486 employees for unemployment benefits were pending before the Michigan Employment Security Commission, the *475Legislature amended1 §29(8), the labor dispute disqualification provision of the Michigan Employment Security Act,2 and made clear that similarly situated claimants are ineligible. In…