Hamilton v. Transport Workers Union of Greater New York, Local 100

Claimant, a vice-president of the employer labor union, was notified that he was relieved of his responsibility and authority as vice-president pending a hearing upon a charge of disobedience to a directive respecting an unauthorized work stoppage or wildcat strike. Upon medical examination two days before the hearing, his physician found “ acute exacerbation of a chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and bronchiectasis ’ ’ and advised him to ‘ ‘ limit his activities to 3 to 4 hours per day”, all of which the doctor embodied in a letter which claimant exhibited to the officer presiding at the…