Western Electric Co. v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

The question is whether these eighty-five claimants who were employed by Western Electric Company, Inc., hereinafter called Western, are entitled to unemployment benefits under G. L. c. 151 A. The director of the division of employment security determined that all the claimants were entitled to benefits and this decision was affirmed by the board of review after a hearing. G. L. c. 151A, § 41. The decision of the board was in turn affirmed by a judge of a District Court, and Western appealed (§ 42).

Although there are eighty-five claimants, it was agreed at the hearing before the board that…