DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,309

B.A.G. CORPORATION
PENNINGTON GAP, VIRGINIA

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 on July 15, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at B.A.G. Corporation,
Pennington Gap, Virginia. Workers at the subject plant produce
industrial bags.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in a meaningful portion of plant
production of industrial bags 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 was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico and Canada of articles
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of B.A.G. Corporation, Pennington Gap, Virginia
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after July 10, 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 5th day of August, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance