DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,205

SUTHERLAND SHEET METAL AND WELDING COMPANY
WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on September 30, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at
Sutherland Sheet Metal and Welding Company, Woonsocket, Rhode
Island. The workers produce sheet metal and steel fabrication.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import sheet metal and steel fabrication.
The U.S. Department of Labor surveyed the subject firms'
customer(s) regarding their purchases of sheet metal and steel
fabrication during 2000, 2001 and January through September 2002
over the corresponding 2001 period. The survey revealed no imports
of sheet metal and steel fabrication during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Sutherland Sheet Metal and Welding Company, Woonsocket, Rhode
Island are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23th day of November, 2002.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance