Local 730 v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner, Local 730 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe-Pitting Industry (Union), appeals, on behalf of 120 of its members, a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board). This decision adopted a Referee’s order denying the claims on the basis that the claimants had engaged in a work stoppage other than a lockout and therefore were ineligible for such benefits under Section 402(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.1

After a careful examination of the record, we find that the following summary of…