DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,130

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
CHEMICAL COATINGS DIVISION
HARRISBURG, 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated June 24, 2003 in response to a
petition filed on behalf of workers at The Sherwin-Williams
Company, Chemical Coating Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The
workers were engaged in employment related to the production of
powder paint; they are not separately identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of powder paint to a
country (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 Canada of articles that are
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of The Sherwin-Williams Company, Chemical Coating
Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 23, 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 14th day of July, 2003.

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