DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,430

BOW INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK

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 March 5, 2004, in response
to a petition filed by a Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and
Energy Workers International Union on behalf of workers of Bow
Industrial Corporation, Plattsburgh, New York. The workers at the
subject facility produce plastic plumbing products; they are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment declined during the
relevant period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject
facility is in the process of shifting production of plastic
plumbing products from Plattsburgh, New York to a country (Canada)
that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Canada 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 Bow Industrial Corporation, Plattsburgh, New
York who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 4, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of April 2004.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance