Hertz Corp. v. Acting Director of the Division of Employment & Training

In this case we must determine whether, when more than one hundred members (employees) of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 25 (union), went on strike against the Hertz Corporation (Hertz) for six weeks in 1996, there was a “stoppage of work.” If there was no “stoppage of work” as a result of the strike, then the employees are entitled to unemployment benefits for the duration of the strike; however, if there was a “stoppage of work,” then the employees *296are not entitled to unemployment benefits for that time. G. L. c. 151 A, § 25 (b). Because we conclude that there was no…