Assif v. Administrator

The decision of this case turns upon the question whether the unemployment for which the plaintiffs seek benefits was the result of a lockout within the meaning of that word as it is used in our Unemployment Compensation Act.

The facts found by the unemployment commissioner may be summarized as follows: The plaintiffs were employees of the Manufacturers’ Foundry Company, hereinafter referred to as the company, which operated a gray iron foundry in Waterbury. Local 251 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, hereinafter referred to as the iinion, was the…