DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,298

HEWITT SOAP WORKS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BRADFORD SOAP WORKS, INC.
DAYTON, OHIO

INCLUDING EMPLOYEES OF HEWITT SOAP WORKS, INC.
DAYTON, OHIO LOCATED IN:

TA-W-55,298A
PEAPACK, NEW JERSEY

TA-W-55,298B
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Amended Notice of 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 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Notice of
Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
on August 25, 2004, applicable to workers of Hewitt Soap Works,
Inc., a subsidiary of Bradford Soap Works, Inc., Dayton, Ohio.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on September 23,
2004 (69 FR 57094).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that worker separations occurred involving
employees of the Dayton, Ohio facility of Hewitt Soap Works,
Inc., a subsidiary of Bradford Soap Works, Inc. located in
Peapack, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Thomas O’Callaghan and Mr. Larry Southard provided sales
support services for the production of bar soap at the Dayton,
Ohio location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include employees of the Dayton, Ohio facility
of Hewitt Soap Works, Inc., located in Peapack, New Jersey and
Atlanta, Georgia. Since workers of the Dayton, Ohio location of
the subject firm were certified eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance, the Department is extending this
eligibility to Mr. Thomas O’Callaghan in Peapack, New Jersey and
Mr. Larry Southard in Atlanta, Georgia.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Hewitt Soap Works, Inc., a subsidiary of Bradford
Soap Works, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, who were adversely affected by
increased imports.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-55,298 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Hewitt Soap Works, Inc., a subsidiary
of Bradford Soap Works, Inc., Dayton, Ohio (TA-W-
55,298), including employees of Hewitt Soap Works,
Inc., a subsidiary of Bradford Soap Works, Inc.,
Dayton, Ohio, located in Peapack, New Jersey(TA-W-
55,298A) and Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-55,298B), who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 22, 2003, through August 25, 2006, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of February 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,298

HEWITT SOAP WORKS, INC.,
A SUBSIDIARY OF BRADFORD SOAP WORKS, INC.
DAYTON, OHIO

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 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 22, 2004, in response
to a petition filed by the International Union of Electrical
Workers-Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA), on behalf of
workers of Hewitt Soap Works, Inc., a subsidiary of Bradford Soap
Works, Inc., Dayton, Ohio. The workers at the subject facility
produce bar soap.
Employment at the subject facility declined between June of
2003 and June of 2004.
The investigation revealed that sales at the subject facility
decreased absolutely from 2002 to 2003 and during the period of
January through June of 2004, when compared to the same period in
2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
declining customers regarding their purchases of bar soap. This
survey revealed increases in imports of bar soap during the period
under investigation.
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 of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with bar soap produced by Hewitt Soap
Works, Inc., a subsidiary of Bradford Soap Works, Inc., Dayton,
Ohio, contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Hewitt Soap Works, Inc., a subsidiary of
Bradford Soap Works, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 22, 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 August 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance