Lehmann v. Western Airlines, Inc.

Murphy, Justice.

Certiorari to review a determination of the commissioner of employment security (now the commissioner of manpower services) holding that the claimants were not entitled to unemployment compensation.

The employer, Western Airlines, Inc., has its base of operations at the Twin Cities International Airport. The claimants, 36 in number, were engaged in clerical work as fleet and passenger service employees. Their work depended upon the operation of the employer’s aircraft. They are all members of the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express…