DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,161

ALLURA CORPORATION
LORANE-READING, PENNSYLVANIA

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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 14, 2003, and filed by Local 93 of the Union of
Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE!), on behalf
of workers at the Allura Corporation, Lorane-Reading, Pennsylvania.
The workers produce lace and novelty fabrics.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined at the subject facility during the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
lace and novelty fabrics during 2001, 2002, and January through
March 2003 over the corresponding 2002 period. The survey
revealed that major customers increased their purchases of
imported lace and novelty fabrics in 2002 as compared with 2001,
while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm during the
relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with lace and novelty fabrics produced
at the Allura Corporation, Lorane-Reading, 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 the Allura Corporation, Lorane-Reading,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 4, 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 15th day of May 2003.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance