Liberty Trucking Co. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

Each ease concerns the question of whether the trucking company’s workers employed in its Wisconsin terminals are eligible for unemployment compensation as a result of their unemployment during a strike-lockout occurring at the employer’s Chicago terminal. The single issue presented is whether the trucking system, including the terminal constitutes the “establishment” in which the employees were employed within the meaning of sec. 108.04 (10), Stats.

Employees, by sec. 108.02 (18), Stats., 1 are presumed to be eligible for unemployment benefits, but sec. 108.04 (10) 2 makes ineligible an…