Beam v. Iowa Employment Security Commission

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Claimants appeal from district court’s affirming review of agency determination that they were not entitled to unemployment benefits during a vacation-related plant shutdown. We dismiss the appeal as moot.

August 13,1971, Maytag Company plants in Newton and Hampton completely closed down for two weeks vacation. This closure was effected pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between Maytag and its employees represented by United Auto Workers Local 997.

The fourteen plaintiffs (claimants), Maytag employees who were not entitled to paid vacation, applied to defendant Iowa…