DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,640

GUPTA PERMOLD CORPORATION
MASS TRANSIT DIVISION
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on in response to a petition
received on April 30, 2003 in response to a petition filed on
behalf of workers of Gupta Permold Corporation, Mass Transit
Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The workers produce components
for mass transit vehicles.
The investigation revealed that Gupta Permold Corporation,
Mass Transit Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania supplied
component parts for propulsion systems made by Bombardier
Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a loss of business with
this manufacturer contributed importantly to the workers
separation or threat of separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gupta Permold
Corporation, Mass Transit Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Gupta Permold Corporation, Mass Transit
Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 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 at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of June 2003.

/s/ Richard Church

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Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance