Bell Federal Credit Union v. Christianson

Bell Federal Credit Union (Bell) appeals a district court holding that Bell’s striking employees were eligible for unemployment benefits because Bell did not suffer a “stoppage of work” as that phrase is used in the Employment Security Law.

We reverse the holding and remand this cause for further proceedings because the district court for Douglas County used the wrong standard of review and because this court has concluded that as a matter of law, it cannot be said that a work stoppage did or did not occur.

Bell’s three assignments of error in substance allege that the district court erred in…