Employees of Utah Fuel Co. v. Industrial Commission

McDONOUGH, justice.

This action is brought by petitioners, certain employees of Utah Fuel Company at Clear Creek, Utah, to review a decision of the Industrial Commission wherein the latter reversed a decision of the appeals examiner and denied benefits to petitioners under the Unemployment Compensation Act because said petitioners were unemployed, during the period for which benefits are claimed, as a result of a strike. Sec. 5(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Act (Chap. 1, Laws of Utah 1936 (Special Session), as amended by Chapter 43, Laws of Utah 1937) provides that:

“An individual shall…