DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,368

THE FLEXAUST COMPANY, INC.
APPLIANCE DIVISION
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS FLEXAUST APPLIANCE, INC.
EL PASO, TEXAS

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued Amended Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
on February 21, 2003, applicable to workers of The Flexaust
Company, Inc., Appliance Division, El Paso, Texas. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2003
(68 FR 11410).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in the production of belts and hoses for
vacuum cleaners.
New information shows that following a company name change,
in January 2003, The Flexaust Company, Inc., Appliance Division
is currently known as Flexaust Appliance, Inc. Workers separated
from employment as the subject firm had their wages reported
under a separated unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for
Flexaust Appliance, Inc.


Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department=s certification is to include
all workers of The Flexaust Company, Inc., Appliance Division
who were adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-50,368 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of The Flexaust Company, Inc., Appliance
Division, currently known as Flexaust Appliance, Inc., El
Paso, Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 7, 2001, through February
21, 2005, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 30th day of September 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,368

THE FLEXAUST COMPANY, INC.
APPLIANCE DIVISION
EL PASO, TEXAS

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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of Section
222(b) have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 18, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of The Flexaust
Company, Inc., Appliance Division, El Paso, Texas. The workers at
the subject firm produced belts and hoses for vacuum cleaners.
The investigation revealed that The Flexaust Company, Inc.,
Appliance Division, El Paso, Texas, is an upstream supplier that
lost business with a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance based on a
shift in production of vacuum cleaners to Mexico.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that a shift in production to Mexico by
a primary firm, contributed importantly the total or partial
separation of workers producing hoses and belts for vacuum cleaners
at The Flexaust Company, Inc., Appliance Division, El Paso, Texas.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of The Flexaust Company, Inc., Appliance
Division, El Paso, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 7, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 21st day of February, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole


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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance