Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/02/2003
Filed Date: 02/03/2004
Most Recent Update: 02/25/2004
Determination Date: 02/25/2004
Expiration Date: 02/25/2006
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,146
L.S. STARRETT COMPANY, INC.
LEVEL INDUSTRIES DIVISION
ALUM BANK, PENNSYLVANIA
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, 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 February 3, 2004, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of L.S. Starrett Company, Inc., Level Industries Division, Alum Bank, Pennsylvania. The workers of the firm produce levels, squares and straight edges.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm declined from 2002 to 2003.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of levels to the Dominican Republic, a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
In addition, 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 workers at the firm are age 50 or over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
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 the Dominican Republic of levels 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 L.S. Starrett Company, Inc., Level Industries Division, Alum Bank, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 2, 2003 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 also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of February 2004.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,146
L.S. STARRETT COMPANY, INC.
LEVEL INDUSTRIES DIVISION
ALUM BANK, PENNSYLVANIA
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, 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 February 3, 2004, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of L.S. Starrett Company, Inc., Level Industries Division, Alum Bank, Pennsylvania. The workers of the firm produce levels, squares and straight edges.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm declined from 2002 to 2003.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of levels to the Dominican Republic, a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
In addition, 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 workers at the firm are age 50 or over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
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 the Dominican Republic of levels 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 L.S. Starrett Company, Inc., Level Industries Division, Alum Bank, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 2, 2003 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 also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of February 2004.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance