Acme Corrugated Box Co. v. Commonwealth

PALLADINO, Judge.

We granted reargument of Acme Corrugated Box Co., Inc. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 131 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 244, 570 A.2d 96 (1989) (Acme I) solely to consider whether a striking employee is entitled to unemployment compensation benefits after an employer refuses an unconditional offer to return to work under the terms of the expired contract because the job has been filled by a permanent replacement employee.

Prior to the expiration of an existing labor agreement, Acme Corrugated Box Co., Inc. (Acme) and the United Paper Workers’ Union, Local No. 375 (Union)…