Tripp v. Alley Construction Company, Inc.

Otis, Justice.

This matter is brought to the court by 26 employers to review a decision of the commissioner of the Department of Manpower Services affirming a decision of an appeal tribunal which held that some 1,500 heavy equipment employees were not disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits by reason of their taking part in a strike. Benefits were approved by claims deputies, giving rise to the employers’ initial appeal.

The principal issue is whether employees who were expected to report for work when various highway projects began in the spring were disqualified from receiving…