Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 09/12/2002
Filed Date: 09/24/2003
Most Recent Update: 10/09/2003
Determination Date: 10/09/2003
Expiration Date: 10/09/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-52,953
BRIGGS PLUMBING PRODUCTS, INC.
A DIVISION OF SAYCO/BRIGGS
FLORA, INDIANA
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 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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on September 24, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Briggs Plumbing Products, Inc., a division of
Sayco/Briggs, Flora, Indiana. The workers at the subject firm
produced faucet and brass fittings.
The investigation revealed sales, production, and employment
at the subject firm declined during the period of January through
August of 2003,compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
faucet and brass fittings increased during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with faucet and brass fittings
produced at Briggs Plumbing Products, Inc., a division of
Sayco/Briggs, Flora, Indiana contributed importantly to the total
or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Briggs Plumbing Products, Inc., a division of
Sayco/Briggs, Flora, Indiana who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 12, 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 9th day of October 2003
/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance