Gulick v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Robert Gulick (claimant) appeals here from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which denied him unemployment benefits on the basis that he became unemployed through his own fault.

The claimant had been employed on a part-time basis as a laborer by the United Parcel Service (employer) which had a union shop labor agreement with the Teamster’s Union requiring all new employes to become members of the union after thirty days on the job. Aware of this requirement when he began working, the claimant nevertheless did not join the union allegedly…