Wallace Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The claimant was hired by Mohawk Devices, Inc., ás a machinist at $1.60 per hour. After working for but six weeks a demand was made on him to join the *619shop union. He refused and his last day of work for this employer was October 7, 1957. The bureau took the view that his employer was justified in discharging claimant on that date, under §402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Act, 43 PS §802. The bureau’s conclusion was that claimant’s refusal to join the union constituted willful misconduct connected with his work. The referee, on appeal, found: “2. At the time he was…