| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| labour dispute |
participation |
picket lines |
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Summary:
The Commission denied benefits to the claimant for participating in a labour dispute by not crossing the picket line. The Umpire stated that when employees voluntarily honour a picket line they are presumed to be participating in a labour dispute, unless there is evidence of a threat of violence or that there was no work for the employees if they had crossed the picket line. The judge found that the presumption that the claimant voluntarily participated in the labour dispute was rebutted by the existence of a reasonable threat of violence.
