Hopkins v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue presented on appeal is whether the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) erred by finding that the Pittston Area School District (District) did not depart from the status quo where the parties agreed to continue working under an extension of their old collective bargaining agreement while negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement continued.

Michael Hopkins and Arthur Clark (Claimants) are token unemployment compensation claimants who represent the members of the Pittston Area Federation of Teachers (Union). Claimants appeal the Board’s…