Wages are a remuneration for services performed.
On the other hand, if the claimant is receiving a type of strike benefit or welfare payment from the union, this is not wages since these payments would be paid if the claimant were performing the service or not. In Benefit Decision 4526, the Board considered the case of a claimant who performed picket duty for his union while claiming unemployment insurance benefits. The business representative of the claimant's union testified that only those members in good standing who were determined by the finance committee to be in need of funds were permitted to perform services for which payment was made. The claimant testified that to his knowledge, no payments were made to member who did not perform picket duty. If the latter is the proper view, the claimant did not meet the eligibility requirements of the Act during the weeks for which benefits were claimed.