Unemployment Compensation Board of Review of the Commonwealth v. Haughton Elevator Co.

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This action is one of three appeals taken from rulings of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board)- in each of which the Board held the claimants to be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits because they were out of work due to a lockout by their employers.

In this case, the claimants were employed by the Haughton Elevator Company (Haughton) and were represented for collective bargaining purposes by the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC). Haughton had been represented by National Elevator Industries, Inc. (NEII) for collective…