Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/11/2002
Filed Date: 02/13/2003
Most Recent Update: 03/06/2003
Determination Date: 03/06/2003
Expiration Date: 03/06/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,883
BOC EDWARDS
FABRICATION AND MACHINE SHOP
PHILADELPHIA, 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 in response to a petition
initiated on February 13, 2003 and filed by a company official
on behalf of workers at BOC Edwards, Fabrication and Machine
Shop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The workers produce vacuum
pumps.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined at the subject firm from 2001 to 2002. Company imports
of vacuum pumps increased during the relevant time period
contributing to separations at the facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with vacuum pumps produced at BOC
Edwards, Fabrication and Machine Shop, Philadelphia,
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 BOC Edwards, Fabrication and Machine Shop,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 11, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of March 2003.
/s/ Richard Church
___________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance