Progress Manufacturing Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

These four appeals apply to approximately 164 former employes of Progress Manufacturing Company, Inc. (hereinafter called “Progress” or “company”), all of whom were awarded unemployment compensation benefits by the Bureau of Employment Security, the referee and the Board of Review. The employer appealed.

The claimants were represented, for collective bargaining purposes, by Local 2005 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (hereinafter called “union”). The collective bargaining agreement between union and Progress contained the following provision: “The…