Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/17/1999
Filed Date: 10/30/2000
Most Recent Update: 12/12/2000
Determination Date: 12/12/2000
Expiration Date: 12/12/2002
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,250
DESIGNER HEARTHS, INC.
MISSOULA, MONTANA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), 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 adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 30, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at
Designer Hearths, Inc., Missoula, Montana. The workers produced
fireplace hearths.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment has been filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA - 4218). A determina-
tion on that petition will be made concurrently with this decision.
This investigation revealed that major customers of the
subject firm increased their purchases of imported fireplace
hearths while curtailing purchases from Designer Hearths during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with fireplace hearths produced by
Designer Hearths, Inc., Missoula, Montana contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Designer Hearths, Inc., Missoula, Montana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 17, 1999, 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 12th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,250
DESIGNER HEARTHS, INC.
MISSOULA, MONTANA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), 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 adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 30, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at
Designer Hearths, Inc., Missoula, Montana. The workers produced
fireplace hearths.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment has been filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA - 4218). A determina-
tion on that petition will be made concurrently with this decision.
This investigation revealed that major customers of the
subject firm increased their purchases of imported fireplace
hearths while curtailing purchases from Designer Hearths during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with fireplace hearths produced by
Designer Hearths, Inc., Missoula, Montana contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Designer Hearths, Inc., Missoula, Montana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 17, 1999, 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 12th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance