Tri-State Motor Transit Co. v. Industrial Commission, Division of Employment Security

Tri-State Motor Transit Company appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jasper County affirming the award of the Industrial Commission of Missouri which held that 41 claimants (in what is termed “this representative case”) were “eligible for waiting week credit or benefits” under the Missouri Employment Security Law (Ch. 288 RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S.) 1 “for which they claim benefits between December 26, 1970 to and including March 13, 1971.”

The employer had a collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 823 covering the wages and working conditions of all its office and…