Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/12/2001
Filed Date: 12/18/2002
Most Recent Update: 01/23/2003
Determination Date: 01/23/2003
Expiration Date: 01/23/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,365
AMITAL SPINNING CORPORATION
WALLACE PLANT
WALLACE, NORTH CAROLINA
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 18, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Amital Spinning Corporation, Wallace Plant, Wallace,
North Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produced open
end yarn.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from January through November of 2002 when
compared with the same time period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customer regarding their purchases of open end yarn. This
survey revealed increases in customer imports of open end yarn
from 2000 to 2001 and also from 2001 to 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Amital
Spinning Corporation, Wallace Plant, Wallace, North Carolina
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 Amital Spinning Corporation, Wallace Plant,
Wallace, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 12, 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 23rd day of January, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance