Boguszewski v. Commissioner of Department of Employment & Training

The board of review of the Division of Employment Security3 (board) concluded that a “stoppage of work” had occurred when two-thirds of the employees of Boston Edison Company (employer) ceased to work during a four-week strike. The board determined, therefore, that the striking employees were not entitled to unemployment benefits under G. L. c. 151A, § 25 (b) (1988 ed.), the Employment Security Law. A judge of the Boston Municipal Court reviewed the board’s decision under G. L. c. 30A, § 14 (1988 ed.), determined that the decision was wrong, and concluded that the claimants were entitled to…