Totorica v. Western Equipment Co.

*537McFADDEN, Justice.

This appeal presents a question that has not previously been before this Court for decision and involves the application of I.C. § 72 — 1366(j) to a claimant who is not working by reason of a strike which involved his employer. All parties agree that the .strike involved was a “labor dispute” as referred to in the subsection of the statute.

Claimant, Teodoro Totorica, had been employed by the appellant Western Equipment Company, herein referred to as “the company”, in its shop as an equipment steam cleaner and painter. Claimant was a member of a union that was engaged in…