Empire Iron Mining Partnership v. Orhanen

Under §29(8) of the Michigan Employment Security Act (mesa), MCL 421.29(8); MSA 17.531(8), striking workers are generally disqualified froto receiving unemployment benefits. The same subsection provides for the termination of this labor dispute disqualification under certain conditions, however. These cases involve that part of § 29(8) requiring a striking worker to perform "services in employment with an employer” for at least two consecutive weeks in order to terminate the labor dispute disqualification. In the majority’s view, that statutory language is unambiguous and allows a striker to…