Stickloon v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

This is an appeal by Gustav A. Stickloon (claimant) from .an Order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a referee’s decision denying benefits on the ground that the claimant’s unemployment was the result of his own willful misconduct.1

The claimant worked for approximately eight years as a saw operator for United Metal Receptacle (employer). His last day of work was January 12, 1982, on which date he was told he was fired for having participated in an illegal work stoppage which was in violation of a labor-management agreement between the…