Pinkas v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal from an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming the referee’s decision which denied Stanley J. Pintas, Sr., (claimant) unemployment compensation benefits. The Board found him ineligible under Section 402(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law), Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, 43 P.S. §802(d), because his discharge resulted from a lack of work due to a labor dispute involving his union.

The claimant was employed as a grievance board member by the United Mine Workers of America, District…