Nicolai-Morgan Products Co. v. Employment Division

pro tempore

Employer seeks review of a decision of the Employment Appeals Board (EAB) that allowed unemployment benefits to claimant. Employer argues that claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits during a strike. We reverse and remand for reconsideration.1

Claimant worked for employer as a door inspector. He belonged to the Western Council of Industrial Workers, Local 3035 (union). After a collective bargaining agreement between employer and the union expired and negotiations for a new contract broke down, the union called a strike. Claimant attended two union meetings during the…