DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,223

OLD FORGE LAMP & SHADE
div. of WOODSTOCK WIRE WORKS, INC.
OLD FORGE, 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 eligi-bility 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 May 7, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at Old Forge Lamp & Shade, div. of Woodstock Wire Works, Old Forge, Pennsylvania. The workers were engaged in activities related to the production of lampshades.
Subject plant sales, production and employment declined during the relevant period.




The company has greatly increased their importation of lampshades, effectively replacing the output of lampshades formerly made at Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
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 lampshades 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 certifications:
"All workers of Old Forge Lamp & Shade, div. of Woodstock Wire Works, Old Forge, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after April 10, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of September, 2001

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance