Hertz Corp. v. Acting Director of Division of Employment & Training

We address the question whether a “stoppage of work,” as that term is used in G. L. c. 151 A, § 25(6), occurred when a labor dispute between International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 25, and Hertz Corporation generated a strike lasting six weeks during the summer of 1996. Pursuant to that statute, a finding that a “stoppage of work” occurred would disqualify, for the period of the stoppage, any claimant for unemployment compensation benefits whose unemployment was brought about by the underlying labor dispute. Claiming that such a stoppage had occurred, Hertz challenged the award of…