DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,290

GLASSCO, INC.
d/b/a TRADITIONS LAMP COMPANY
ALTOONA, ALABAMA

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 March 25, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Glassco, Inc., d/b/a Traditions Lamp Company, Altoona, Alabama.
The workers at the subject firm produce residential table and floor
lamps; they are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm decreased absolutely from 2001 to
2002 and during the period of January through February of 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm did
not import residential table or floor lamps or shift production of
residential table or floor lamps to a foreign country.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of residential table
and floor lamps. This survey revealed increases in imports of
residential table and floor lamps during the period under
investigation.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with residential table and floor lamps
produced at Glassco, Inc., d/b/a Traditions Lamp Company, Altoona,
Alabama 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 Glassco, Inc., d/b/a Traditions Lamp Company,
Altoona, Alabama who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 24, 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 25th day of April, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance