Clary v. Central Foundry Co.

JONES, Justice.

This is a class action on behalf of members of two labor unions who work at the Central Foundry in Holt, Alabama. The claimants seek unemployment compensation for the period of time when a strike by a third union shut down operations at Central Foundry. The claims were denied by both the Department of Industrial Relations and the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County because the claimants’ unemployment was directly due to a labor dispute in progress at their place of employment (Tit. 26, § 214). The claimants’ appeal, asserting that their situation fell within the “reasonable fear…