Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/14/2002
Filed Date: 10/20/2003
Most Recent Update: 11/18/2003
Determination Date: 11/18/2003
Expiration Date: 11/18/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,294
NEWELL PORCELAIN COMPANY, INC.
NEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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
received on October 20, 2003, and filed on behalf of workers at
Newell Porcelain Company, Inc., Newell, West Virginia. Workers at
the subject firm produce high voltage porcelain insulators; they
are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm decreased from 2001 to 2002 and
further decreased from January through September of 2003 when
compared with the same period in 2002.
Furthermore, imports of high voltage porcelain insulators by
the subject firm increased during the relevant period.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with high voltage porcelain insulators
produced at Newell Porcelain Company, Inc., Newell, West Virginia,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Newell Porcelain Company, Inc., Newell, West
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 14, 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., and are eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of November, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance