De Witt Crawford v. Industrial Commission

This case involves a claim for benefits under the Missouri Employment Security Law, § 288, RSMo., V.A.M.S., which
was denied by the Industrial Commission. The circuit court affirmed the Commission's decision and from such judgment claimant
appeals. On December 10, 1969 claimant, DeWitt Crawford, an employee of West Lake Ready Mix Company, and a member of Teamsters Local
682, asked his supervisor for a leave of absence for approximately three months to begin with the close of work on December
10. His supervisor granted the leave providing claimant could obtain approval of his Union. At the hearing before the referee,
claimant testified that he then spoke with the business agent of his Union who told him it was satisfactory to take the leave,
but that if another member filed a grievance claimant might lose his seniority if he failed to obtain a written letter from
his employer. There is no evidence in this record of any such grievance having been filed.