Shay v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

The Superior Court affirmed the decision of the Unemployment Compensation Referee and the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review denying unemployment compensation to two claimants, Paul Shay and Lee Unger, stating that they had left their respec*289tive jobs without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. We allowed allocatur.

The claimants were both employees of the Bethlehem Steel Company in Lebanon. Shay had been employed as a carpenter for 14 years and Unger as a bricklayer for 8 years. On December 31, 1964, Shay, who was then earning $3,055 per hour,…