THERRIEN v. MAINE EMPLOYMENT SEC. COM'N


370 A.2d 1385 (1977)

Annette C. THERRIEN et al. v. MAINE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION and First Hartford Corporation.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

March 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linnell, Choate & Webber by G. Curtis Webber, Auburn, for plaintiffs.

Donald J. Gasink, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for Maine Employment Security Commission.

Jensen, Baird, Gardner, Donovan & Henry by George J. Mitchell, Portland, for First Hartford Corp.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J. and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY and GODFREY, JJ.


GODFREY, Justice.

Appellees claim unemployment benefits under the Maine Employment Security Law, chapter 13 of title 26 of our statutes. Employed as spinners by appellant First Hartford Corporation in its Wyandotte Mill, they were asked to volunteer in what the company proposed as a trial program to determine whether one spinner could efficiently run three frames rather than two as had been the standard practice in the mill.

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