Mississippi Employment Security Commission v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

The only question on this appeal is whether workers who return to work following a three-day strike only to learn their employer has replaced them with other persons are entitled to unemployment benefits under the Mississippi Employment Security Law for loss of their jobs.

We hold they are and reverse the judgment of the circuit court of Lowndes County denying such benefits.

FACTS

We adopt the facts stated by the Board of Review of the Mississippi Employment Security Commission:

The claimants worked for Sanderson Plumbing Company, Columbus, Mississippi.…