In re the Claim of Klein

Appeal by the Industrial Commissioner from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, affirming the decision of the Referee who had overruled the Industrial Commissioner’s denial of benefits to claimants for a seven-week period on the grounds that an industrial controversy within the meaning of subdivision 1 of section 592 of the Labor Law was involved.

The sole question on appeal is whether in fact an industrial controversy was involved. The facts are not disputed. Claimants, members of the window trimming department of the Upholsterers’ Union, were employed by Crawford Clothes,…