Dole Hawaii Division-Castle & Cooke, Inc. v. Ramil

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MOON, J.

This is an appeal by employees (Claimants) of Dole Hawaii Division-Castle & Cooke, Inc. (Dole) from a circuit court order reversing an Employment Security Appeals Referee’s decision granting unemployment compensation benefits for the period of a labor strike at Dole’s premises. We reverse the trial court’s order and hold that the Claimants arc entitled to the benefits in question.

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Claimants were employed at Dole’s Honolulu can manufacturing plant. During December 1984 and January 1985, Claimants were laid off due to lack of work caused in part by the shutdown of…