( Buettner )
( Canadian County - Gary E. Miller )
Gary B. Homsey, GARY B. HOMSEY & ASSOCIATES, and Anthony D. Degiusti, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, For Petitioners/Appellants
Cara S. Nicklas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Brooke S. Murphy, Harvey D. Ellis, Jr., J. Jeremy Tubb, CROWE & DUNLEVY, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
OPINION
Beginning in July 1994, Petitioners Jack L. Gabbert, Joseph R. Jones, Jr., and Bobby L. Williams participated in an economic strike against their employer, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. (Bridgestone). After they received notification in early 1995 from Bridgestone that it had hired permanent replacements, Petitioners filed for unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to the Oklahoma Employment Security Act of 1980,