Bergseth v. Zinsmaster Baking Co.

I cannot agree that an employee, by virtue of his membership in a union which has entered into a pension agreement with his employer, has waived his rights to benefits under the unemployment compensation provisions of M. S. A. c. 268. The provisions of this chapter should be liberally construed so as to further its remedial and beneficent purposes. Nordling v. Ford Motor Co. 231 Minn. 68, 42 N. W. (2d) 576, 28 A. L. R. (2d) 272. The social policies which prompted the enactment of this legislation are set forth in § 268.03.

The majority opinion has adopted the narrower construction as expressed…