In re the Claims of George

On October 2, 1958, the International Union, U. A. W., called a nationwide strike against General Motors Corporation. As a result every employee in all of the 124 plants of General Motors, including these claimants, left their jobs. The issues on a national level were soon resolved, but the strike continued locally until local unions, on a piecemeal basis, reached *309agreement throughout the country. The plants where claimants were employed in the Buffalo area reached agreement on local issues on October 6, 13, 17, 22 and 27, respectively. However, claimants continued to be unemployed because of…