Employment Security Administration v. Browning-Ferris, Inc.

This case involves claims for unemployment benefits filed by a number of former employees of Browning-Ferris, Inc. (BFI) who, beginning July 6, 1979, participated in a strike against their employer as a result of a labor dispute. Primarily at issue is whether, under the Maryland Unemployment Insurance Law (the Act), Maryland Code (1957, 1979 Repl. Vol.), Art. 95A, the employees are disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits, even though the strike did not substantially curtail BFI’s work operations. The answer to this question turns on the proper interpretation of a provision in § 6…