Decision 15967

Case Number Claimant Judge Language Decision date
Decision 15967   McNair  English 1988-12-14
Decision Appealed Appellant Corresponding Case
Dismissed  No N/A  -


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
labour dispute  loss of employment  hired due to stoppage 

Summary:

CUB 10481 examined and distinguished in 4 respects. In CUB 10481, common knowledge that strike pending at time of hiring, hired as permanent and laid off upon resumption of work, hired for a task he had never before performed, employment obtained as stop-gap measure.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
labour dispute  loss of employment  while claiming ui 

Summary:

In CUB 10481, the Umpire extended the token engagement discussed in ABRAHAMS to the facts of that case by asking whether such engagement should disentitle the claimant. He concluded that it should not. I would have difficulty in accepting this proposition. Claimant works part-time while collecting UI. Belongs to Union. Member of grade or class of workers who were locked out. CUB 10481 examined and distinguished.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
labour dispute  directly interested  own conditions at issue 

Summary:

By virtue of his membership in a union and the grades and classes on strike, claimant is unable to prove he had no direct interest. The terms and conditions of his employment were in fact under negotiation, and Umpires have ruled that, in such a case, direct interest is present.


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