Johnson v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

KELLEY, Judge.

In these consolidated appeals,1 the issue before this court is whether a claimant who is receiving unemployment compensation benefits during a work stoppage and chooses to retire should continue receiving benefits.

Kenneth Johnson and David Hallman (hereinafter referred to collectively as claimants) appeal from two separate orders of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which affirm the referee’s denial of benefits to claimants pursuant to section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law).2 We affirm.

*732Johnson and Hallman worked for Occidental Chemical Corporation…