Appeal of FairPoint Logistics, Inc. & a.

*827 The petitioners, Northern New England Telephone Operations, LLC and FairPoint Logistics, Inc. (hereinafter collectively "FairPoint"), appeal the final decision of the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security (NHES), claiming that it erred in rulings that: (1) upheld the decision of the commissioner of NHES to reopen the ruling of the appeal tribunal which found (a) certain unionized employees of FairPoint (claimants) were not entitled to collect unemployment benefits during the period they were on strike against the company because the strike resulted in a "stoppage of work" and (b)…