Loftus v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mender,

This appeal requires us to determine whether the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) correctly concluded that appellants, members of Teamsters ’ Local 229 and employed by Canada Dry Bottling Company, were ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits, under the provisions of Section 402(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law,1 because their unemployment was due to a work stoppage caused by a strike.

Section 402(d) provides, in pertinent part, that “[a]n employe shall be ineligible for compensation for any week ... (d) [i]n which his unemployment is due…