Opinion
May 16, 1991
Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
The evidence established that claimant was behind in paying his union dues, that he was aware that if he failed to pay his dues his union would not permit him to continue to work, and that he nevertheless failed to pay his dues. Under these circumstances, there is substantial evidence to support the conclusion by the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that the employer had no alternative but to discharge claimant because he did not pay his union dues and that this constituted a voluntary leaving of employment without good cause (see, Matter of Malaspina [Corsi], 309 N.Y. 413; cf., Matter of Cruz [Ross], 70 A.D.2d 976).
Decision affirmed, without costs. Weiss, J.P., Yesawich, Jr., Levine, Mercure and Harvey, JJ., concur.