Pacific Maritime Ass'n v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Holmdahl, J.
This is a consolidated appeal from judgments denying petitions for peremptory writs of mandamus in two separate actions.
At issue is whether longshoremen, whose union initiated selective work stoppages in connection with trade disputes, may receive state unemployment compensation benefits, when they themselves did not participate in the stoppages in any way.
The judgments are affirmed.
Statement of Facts
A. Background
Pacific Maritime Association (hereafter, PMA) is a nonprofit association whose members include most employers of longshoremen on the Pacific Coast. PMA acts as the collective bargaining agent for its members. Local 10 of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (hereafter, Local 10) represents longshoremen in the San Francisco Bay Area.
PMA and Local 10 were parties to the “Pacific Coast Longshore Contract Document” for 1978-1981 and for 1981-1984 (hereafter, collectively, Contract Documents). These were collective bargaining agreements governing the terms and conditions of employment of longshoremen represented by Local 10 and employed by PMA members. They covered the time periods at issue in this appeal.