Department of Labor & Industry v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This appeal involves 48 employees of the Rheem Manufacturing Company of Monaca, Pennsylvania. The claimants filed for benefits and the Bureau of Employment Security denied benefits under §404(d) of the Act, 43 PS §804(d). The claimants appealed. The Referee reversed the Bureau and awarded benefits. The Bureau appealed to the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review which affirmed the Referee. This appeal by the Bureau followed.

The claimants’ last day of work was July 16, 1964. They were out of work because of a plant shutdown. The plant, pursuant to a Union agreement,…