DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,408

BEST MANUFACTURING
A DIVISION OF TILLOTSON CORPORATION
JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE

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 January 2, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
the workers at Best Manufacturing, a division of Tillotson
Corporation, Johnson City, Tennessee. The workers produce
disposable nitrile gloves. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001 and
also from January through November of 2002 when compared to the
same time period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of disposable nitrile
gloves. The surveys revealed increases in customer imports and
indirect imports of disposable nitrile gloves during the
relevant time period.















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 Best
Manufacturing, a division of Tillotson Corporation, Johnson
City, Tennessee contributed importantly to the decline in sales
or production and to the total or partial separation of workers
of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of the Best Manufacturing, a division of
Tillotson Corporation, Johnson City, Tennessee who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 22, 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 29th day of January, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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