Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/03/2001
Filed Date: 12/09/2002
Most Recent Update: 01/10/2003
Determination Date: 01/10/2003
Expiration Date: 01/10/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,278
DENNIS WINDINGS, INC.
WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 9, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Dennis Windings, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The
workers at the subject firm produced transformers and other
electrical components; they were not separately identifiable by
product line.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm closed on
October 18, 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm did
not import transformers or other electrical components or shift
production of transformers or other electrical components to a
foreign country.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's sole
customer regarding its purchases of transformers or other
electrical components. This survey revealed increases in imports
of transformers and other electrical components during the period
under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with transformers and other electrical
components produced at Dennis Windings, Inc., Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production and
at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Dennis Windings, Inc., Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 3, 2001 through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of January, 2003
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance