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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 29  

Labor

 

Chapter I  

Office of the Secretary of Labor

 

 

Part 90  

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

 

 

 

Subpart B  

Petitions and Determinations of Eligibility To Apply for Adjustment Assistance

29 CFR 90.11 - Petitions.

  • Section Number: 90.11
  • Section Name: Petitions. 

    (a) Who may file petitions. A petition under section 221(a) of the 

Act and this subpart B shall be filed by a group of workers for a 

certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance or by 

their certified or recognized union or other duly authorized 

representative.

    (b) Identification of petitioners. Every petition filed with the 

Department shall clearly state the group of workers on whose behalf the 

petition is filed and the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) by 

whom the petition is filed. Every petition shall be signed by at least 

three individuals of the petitioning group or by an official of a 

certified or recognized union or other duly authorized representative. 

Signing of a petition shall constitute acknowledgement that each signer 

has read the entire petition, that to the best of the signer's knowledge 

and belief the statements therein are true, and that each signer is duly 

authorized to sign such a petition.

    (c) Contents. Petitions may be filed on a U.S. Department of Labor 

form. Copies of the form may be obtained at a local office of a State 

Employment Security Agency or by writing to the Office of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20213. Every 

petition shall include:

    (1) The name(s), address(es), and telephone number(s) of the 

petitioner(s);

    (2) The name or a description of the group of workers on whose 

behalf the petition is filed (e.g., all hourly and salaried employees of 

the XYZ plant of ABC corporation);

    (3) The name and address of the workers' firm or appropriate 

subdivision thereof;

    (4) The name, address, telephone number, and title of an official of 

the firm;

    (5) The approximate date(s) on which the total or partial separation 

of a significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' 

firm or subdivision began and continued, or threatened to begin, and the 

approximate number of workers affected by such actual or threatened 

total or partial separations;

    (6) A statement of reasons for believing that increases of like or 

directly competitive imports contributed importantly to total or partial 

separations and to the decline in the sales or production (or both) of 

the firm or subdivision (e.g., company statements, articles in trade 

association publications, etc.); and

    (7) A description of the articles produced by the workers' firm or 

appropriate subdivision, the production or sales of which are adversely 

affected by increased imports, and a description of the imported 

articles concerned.



If available, the petition also should include information concerning 

the method of manufacture, end uses, and wholesale or retail value of 

the domestic articles produced and the United States tariff provision 

under which the imported articles are classified.

    (d) Number of copies. One (1) signed original and two (2) clear 

copies of the petition shall be filed. The name(s) of the person(s) 

signing the petition shall be typewritten or otherwise clearly 

reproduced.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

1205-0192)



[42 FR 32772, June 28, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 18295, Apr. 30, 1984; 

52 FR 23401, June 19, 1987]

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