Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 09/26/2003
Most Recent Update: 11/03/2003
Determination Date: 11/03/2003
Expiration Date:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,001
SARTORIUS ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
DUBUQUE, IOWA
Negative Determination 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on September 26, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by an official of Iowa Workforce
Development on behalf of workers of Sartorius Environmental
Technology, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa. The workers produce industrial
water filters.
The investigation revealed that I.C and II.C have not been
met.
The filters once made at Dubuque were shipped to overseas
buyers; there was no domestic market for the product. A loss of
export sales cannot be used as a basis for certification under the
Trade Act of 1974.
The shift of production which caused the layoffs of workers
was confirmed to have gone to a country which is not amongst those
having a current free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Sartorius Environmental Technology, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of November 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance