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TAW-39135  /  Brooke Glass Co., Inc. (Wellsburg, WV)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 04/09/2000
Filed Date: 04/30/2001
Most Recent Update: 09/19/2001
Determination Date: 09/19/2001
Expiration Date: 09/19/2003

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,135

BROOKE GLASS CO., INC.
WELLSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA

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 April 30, 2001, filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Brooke Glass Co., Inc., Wellsburg, West Virginia. The workers produced glass lamp shades and lamp parts.

The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm declined in 2000 compared with 1999, and continued to decline in the first-quarter of 2001. The investigation further revealed that all production of glass lamp shades at the Wellsburg plant ceased on May 31, 2001, and the company is now importing product from offshore.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with the glass lamp shades and lamp parts produced by Brooke Glass Co., Inc., Wellsburg, West Virginia, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers Brooke Glass Co., Inc., Wellsburg, West Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after April 9, 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 19th day of September, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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