Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 04/06/2000
Filed Date: 04/23/2001
Most Recent Update: 11/20/2001
Determination Date: 11/20/2001
Expiration Date: 11/20/2003
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,071
H.H. FESSLER KNITTING CO.
CROWN-GLOBE DIVISION
SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
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 eli-gibility 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 April 23, 2001, filed on behalf of workers at H.H. Fessler Knitting Co., Crown-Globe Division, Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. The workers produced women=s knit cotton tops.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant experienced declines in sales and levels of employment. The Shoemakersville facility is now closed, resulting in absolute declines in sales, production and numbers of employees.
The investigation also showed that United States imports of women=s and girls= blouses and shirts increased by 16.9 percent during the twelve month period through June 2001 as compared with the twelve month period through June 2000. In the year 2000 the ratio of imports to domestic shipments of women=s and girls= blouses and shirts was 399 percent.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA 4750). A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by H.H. Fessler Knitting Co., Crown-Globe Division, Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to the decline in sales and production and to the total or partial separation of workers of the subject firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at H.H. Fessler Knitting Co., Crown-Globe Division, Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after April 6, 2000, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of November 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,071
H.H. FESSLER KNITTING CO.
CROWN-GLOBE DIVISION
SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
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 eli-gibility 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 April 23, 2001, filed on behalf of workers at H.H. Fessler Knitting Co., Crown-Globe Division, Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. The workers produced women=s knit cotton tops.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant experienced declines in sales and levels of employment. The Shoemakersville facility is now closed, resulting in absolute declines in sales, production and numbers of employees.
The investigation also showed that United States imports of women=s and girls= blouses and shirts increased by 16.9 percent during the twelve month period through June 2001 as compared with the twelve month period through June 2000. In the year 2000 the ratio of imports to domestic shipments of women=s and girls= blouses and shirts was 399 percent.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA 4750). A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by H.H. Fessler Knitting Co., Crown-Globe Division, Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to the decline in sales and production and to the total or partial separation of workers of the subject firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at H.H. Fessler Knitting Co., Crown-Globe Division, Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after April 6, 2000, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of November 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance