Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/17/2002
Filed Date: 06/30/2003
Most Recent Update: 07/22/2003
Determination Date: 07/22/2003
Expiration Date: 07/22/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-52,182
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
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 in response to a petition
initiated on June 30, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Brownsville,
Texas. The workers produce thin wheel abrasives.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined at the subject firm from January through June 2003 when
compared to the same time period in 2002.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
thin wheel abrasives increased from 2001 to 2002 and again from
January through June 2003 when compared to the same time period
in 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with thin wheel abrasives produced
at Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Brownsville, Texas contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Brownsville,
Texas, engaged in employment related to the production of
thin wheel abrasives, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 17, 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 22nd day of July 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance