Springer v. State Department of Employment Security

The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in awarding unemployment benefits to plaintiffs who, though originally laid off for lack of work, subsequently took part in strike-related activities directed against their former employer. We affirm.

This action was originally brought by thirty-four former employees of the defendant Eltra Corporation, doing business as the Converse Rubber Company, Granite State Division (Converse), at a plant located in Berlin, New Hampshire. According to the agreed statement of facts, Converse laid off each of the plaintiffs due to lack of work between…