Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/14/2002
Filed Date: 03/25/2003
Most Recent Update: 04/15/2003
Determination Date: 04/15/2003
Expiration Date: 04/15/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-51,291
U.S. COTTON, LLC
VALLEY PARK, MISSOURI
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 March 25, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at U.S.
Cotton, LLC, Valley Park, Missouri. The workers produce cotton based
products (balls, coil, wound bandage and squares, etc.).
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of cotton based
products (balls, coil, wound bandage and squares, etc.) to a country
(Mexico and Canada) 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 were layoffs and a shift in production from the
subject firm to Mexico and Canada of articles that are like or
directly competitive with the cotton products produced by the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of U.S. Cotton, LLC, Valley Park, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 14, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 15th day of April, 2003.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-51,291
U.S. COTTON, LLC
VALLEY PARK, MISSOURI
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 March 25, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at U.S.
Cotton, LLC, Valley Park, Missouri. The workers produce cotton based
products (balls, coil, wound bandage and squares, etc.).
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of cotton based
products (balls, coil, wound bandage and squares, etc.) to a country
(Mexico and Canada) 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 were layoffs and a shift in production from the
subject firm to Mexico and Canada of articles that are like or
directly competitive with the cotton products produced by the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of U.S. Cotton, LLC, Valley Park, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 14, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 15th day of April, 2003.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance