Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 01/06/2004
Filed Date: 01/12/2005
Most Recent Update: 02/03/2005
Determination Date: 02/03/2005
Expiration Date: 02/03/2007
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,328
ART LEATHER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
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 January 12, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Art Leather Manufacturing Company, Inc., San Diego,
California. The workers are engaged in the production of
engraving and the packaging of photo albums and folios.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
engraving and the packaging of photo albums and folios to
Mexico, 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 Art Leather Manufacturing Company, Inc.,
San Diego, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 6, 2004,
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 3rd day of February, 2005.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance