Widuk v. John Oster Manufacturing Co.

It is without dispute the plaintiff was discharged on November 18, 1959, for failure to notify the defendant of her absence from work for the two preceding days. The union contract in Article VII, section 7 C, provided seniority would be considered terminated when an employee was absent for two or more consecutive working days without notice to the company unless a satisfactory explanation was accepted by the company. On the morning of the 19th, the plaintiff conferred with the personnel director of the defendant, presenting a doctor’s certificate that she had been under his care for severe…