Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/10/2002
Filed Date: 02/11/2003
Most Recent Update: 03/28/2003
Determination Date: 03/28/2003
Expiration Date: 03/28/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,854
REITZ TOOL INC.
COCHRANTON, 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 February 11, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Reitz Tool, Inc., Cochranton, Pennsylvania. The workers
at the subject firm produced injection molds.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased from 2001 to 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of injection molds. The survey
revealed that the customer increased their imports of injection
molds, while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm
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 injection molds produced at Reitz
Tool, Inc., Cochranton, Pennsylvania Idaho 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 Reitz Tool, Inc., Cochranton, Pennsylvania who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 10, 2002 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 in Washington, D. C. this 28th day of March, 2003.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance