Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 12/16/2002
Filed Date: 12/17/2003
Most Recent Update: 01/28/2004
Determination Date: 01/28/2004
Expiration Date: 01/28/2006
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,824
J and T TRADING COMPANY
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
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 December 18, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at J and T Trading Company, Charlotte, North Carolina. The
workers at the subject firm are engaged in employment related to
the production of shirts.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of shirts to a country
(Guatemala) that is a beneficiary country with the United States
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 Guatemala 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 J and T Trading Company, Charlotte, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 16, 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 28th day of January 2004.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance