Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 02/26/2003
Most Recent Update: 05/15/2003
Determination Date: 05/15/2003
Expiration Date:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,981
SOUTHEASTERN PAPER PRODUCTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE SIMAN GROUP
MIAMI, FLORIDA
Negative Determination 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. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm firm, have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on February 26, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Southeastern Paper Products, a subsidiary of the
Siman Group, Miami, Florida. The workers produced converted
sheets and rolls. The workers are separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A) and
(a)(2)(B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that employment increased from
2001 to 2002 and also from January through February 2002 when
compared to the same time period in 2003.
Furthermore, there were no company imports of converted
sheets and rolls.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Southeastern Paper Products, a subsidiary of the Siman Group,
Miami, Florida, engaged in the production of converted sheets
and rolls, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 15th day of May 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance