United States Steel Corp. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Thomas G. Robertson (claimant) was employed as a tool repairman by the United States Steel Corporation (U. S. Steel) at its Clairton Works. On July 31, 1971, as a result of the cyclical decrease in production which habitually occurs in the steel industry in a year when a new collective bargaining agreement is to be negotiated, he was laid off. He then began to receive benefits pursuant to the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of Dec. 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P. L. (1937) 2897, 43 P.S. §751 et seq., and he also received a weekly Supplemental Unemployment Benefit of…