Department of Labor & Industry v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Me. Justice Robeets,

This is an appeal from a finding by the Superior Court that claimant-appellants were not entitled to unemployment compensation benefits under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Law.1

Claimants are members of Local 591, ILGWU, and are employed as chain machine operators by Talon, Incorporated, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1961, the pertinent year for purposes of this case, the terms and conditions of claimants’ employment were dictated by a contract negotiated through the collective bargaining process between their union and Talon. That…