Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 02/12/2002
Filed Date: 02/13/2003
Most Recent Update: 03/21/2003
Determination Date: 03/21/2003
Expiration Date: 03/21/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,888
GO/DAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
DIVISION OF TRANSPRO, INC.
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 13, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by the United Steel Workers of
America, Local 1753 on behalf of workers at Go-Dan Industries,
Inc., a division of Transpro, Inc., Buffalo, New York. The workers
at the subject facility produce brass heater cores.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in the production of brass heater
cores to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Go/Dan Industries, Inc., a division of
Transpro, Inc., Buffalo, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 12,
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 21st day of March, 2003.
/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance