Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/21/2002
Filed Date: 02/28/2003
Most Recent Update: 04/10/2003
Determination Date: 04/10/2003
Expiration Date: 04/10/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-51,022
FELLOWES, INC.
ITASCA, ILLINOIS
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 28, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fellowes, Inc., Itasca, Illinois. The workers at the
subject firm produce office shredders.
The investigation revealed that the production of office
shredders at the subject firm was shifted to China and an increase
in imports of office shredders lead to employee separation 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 office shredders produced at
Fellowes, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, 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 Fellowes, Inc., Itasca, Illinois who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 21, 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 10th day of April, 2003.
/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance