In re the Claim of Kaminski

Claimant was a shop steward and an executive board member of his union. He worked in an industrial plant. By arrangement between the plant employer and the union he was allowed to carry on his union activities for a limited time each day on the plant payroll.

If his union activities exceeded this agreed period, the union would pay him for the excess time at the plant employer’s rate. Payment by the union for this time taken out of normal working hours in the plant would rest on a certificate by the plant employer’s foreman.

There is proof that union work by claimant was controlled and…