Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/30/2002
Filed Date: 10/31/2003
Most Recent Update: 11/12/2003
Determination Date: 11/12/2003
Expiration Date: 11/12/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,393
NATIONAL MILLS, INC.
YATES CENTER PLANT
YATES CENTER, KANSAS
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 October 31, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at National
Mills, Inc., Yates Center Plant, Yates Center, Kansas. The workers
at the subject facility produced tee shirts.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of tee shirts
to Honduras, beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act.
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 Honduras 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 National Mills, Inc., Yates Center Plant,
Yates Center, Kansas who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 30, 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 12th day of November, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,393
NATIONAL MILLS, INC.
YATES CENTER PLANT
YATES CENTER, KANSAS
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 October 31, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at National
Mills, Inc., Yates Center Plant, Yates Center, Kansas. The workers
at the subject facility produced tee shirts.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of tee shirts
to Honduras, beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act.
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 Honduras 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 National Mills, Inc., Yates Center Plant,
Yates Center, Kansas who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 30, 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 12th day of November, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance