Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Appellant, operator of coal mines, discharged a supervising employe on July 31, 1946, refused to reinstate him, and his. fellow-employes, members of the United Clerical, Supervisory and Technical Workers Union, struck and refused, to return to work. Claimant, Martin J. Myers, and 670 miners, members of the .United Mine Workers also, refused to work, alleging that the mine was gaseous and that the absence of a sufficient number of inspecting and supervising employes caused work in the mines to be dangerous. The board found that claimant remained away from the mine because of…