Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/08/2003
Filed Date: 03/09/2004
Most Recent Update: 03/26/2004
Determination Date: 03/26/2004
Expiration Date: 03/08/2006
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,449
BARDY CORPORATION
FORMERLY PRINZING ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER INTERNATIONAL
WARRENVILLE, ILLINOIS
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 9, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Brady Corporation, formerly Prinzing Enterprises, Inc.,
Warrenville, Illinois. The workers produce industrial safety
products. The subject firm leased workers from Manpower
International.
The subject plant in Warrenville is scheduled to shut down in
April, 2004.
The employment decline at the subject facility is related to a
shift in production of industrial safety products to a country
(Mexico) 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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 Brady Corporation, formerly Prinzing
Enterprises, Inc., Warrenville, Illinois, including leased
workers of Manpower International who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 8, 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 26th day of March 2004.
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance