Futey v. Director, Odjfs, Unpublished Decision (10-6-2004)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant Lonnie Futey and 322 employees of Appellee General Motors Corporation ("GM") located in Mansfield, Ohio, appeal from a judgment of the Richland County Court of Common Pleas. The judgment appealed from affirmed the judgment of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Review Commission that denied unemployment benefits for the week ending July 5, 1998. The following facts give rise to this appeal.

{¶ 2} The parties stipulated to the facts. In early 1998, the United Auto Workers' ("UAW") employees, in several General Motors factories, in Michigan, went on strike. These factories…