Hill v. Virginia Employment Commission

By Judge John F. Daffron, Jr.

This matter came before the Court on appeal from the Virginia Employment Commission where the Commission denied compensation to the petitioners, who were unemployed because of a union strike.

The position of the petitioners is that they do not fall under the Code of Virginia § 60.2-612(2)(A) denying them eligibility. They argued that they were not engaged in a labor dispute, since they were not active members of the union, and should not have been denied compensation. The respondents argue that all members of the union, whether active or not, were engaged in the…