Norris v. Texas Employment Commission

OPINION

Appellant contests the decisions of the Texas Employment Commission (TEC) and the trial court that he was not qualified to receive unemployment benefits. We affirm.

Appellant was employed at Texaco’s main plant in Port Arthur. Texaco and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW) operated under a bargaining agreement which expired at midnight on January 7, 1982. The OCAW sought approximately sixteen modifications of the agreement. Two months of prior negotiations had proved fruitless. Late in the day on January 7, the OCAW offered a forty-eight hour extension of the agreement. Texaco…