BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE v. EMP. APPEAL BD.

No. 96-1267.

570 N.W.2d 85 (1997)

BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., Appellant, v. EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD, Appellee, and Stanley M. Abrahamson, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Foley, John B. Tuffnell, and Thomas M. Zurek of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

William C. Whitten, Des Moines, for appellee Board.

Ed Skinner of Skinner & Beattie, Altoona, and Mark T. Hedburg of Hedburg, Ward, Owens, & Vonderhaar, Des Moines, for appellee claimants.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

The issue we face in this judicial review proceeding is whether a letter the employer sent striking workers notifying them that they were being permanently replaced severed the employment relationship between the employer and these claimants. The agency found there was such a severance of employment and that the severance was the cause of the unemployment. The agency therefore concluded that the striking workers who applied for unemployment benefits...

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