Mackanic v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Raymond P. Mackanic, Claimant, appeals a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) affirming a denial of benefits by the Bureau of Employment Security.

Claimant was a fabricating machine operator for the Copperweld Steel Company (Employer) and was required to produce 14,800 pounds of material per day. He consistently produced an output considerably above the per diem requirement and was one day ap*349proached by several of his co-workers who, fearing that the minimum production level for each machine operator would be raised to Claimant’s…