Erickson v. Universal Oil Products Corp.

The plaintiffs filed claims for unemployment compensation which were denied successively by the Employment Security Commission, the appeal board, and the circuit court on the ground that the plaintiffs were disqualified for benefits because their unemployment was due to a “labor dispute”. See MCLA § 421.29(8) (Stat Ann 1960 Rev § 17.531 [8]).

The plaintiffs and others were employed in the Kingston Copper Mine of defendant, Universal Oil Products Corporation (Calumet & Hecla Group), hereafter the “employer”. On May 8, 1968, the em ployer unilaterally changed the procedures followed in…