School District v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 3304 (Federal Unemployment Tax Act)
Relies on Erie Forge & Steel Corp. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Unemployment Compensation Board of Review v. Sun Oil Co. · McKeesport Area School District v. Commonwealth · Bethlehem Area School District v. Commonwealth
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““In the very delicate and sensitive negotiations which are involved in the development of a new collective bargaining agreement to replace one that is nearing its expiration, all parties must be sincere in their desire to maintain the continued operation of the employer’s enterprise. The law contemplates that collective bargaining will be conducted in good faith, with a sincere purpose to find a basis for agreement. Neither an adamant attitude of ‘no contract, no work’ on the part of the employees, nor an ultimatum laid down by the employer that work will be available only on his (employer’s) terms, are serious manifestations of a desire to continue the operation of the enterprise. While either or both of these positions may legitimately be taken by the parties during the bargaining negotiations prior to the expiration of the existing contract, when the contract has in fact expired and a new agreement has not yet been negotiated, the sole test * * * of whether the work stoppage is the responsibility of the employer or the employees is reduced to the following: Have the employees offered to continue working for a reasonable time under the pre-exist-ing terms and conditions of employment so as to avert a work stoppage pending the final settlement of the contract negotiations; and has the employer agreed to permit work to continue for a reasonable time under the pre-existing terms and conditions of employment pending further negotiations? If the employer refuses to so extend the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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