Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 05/18/2000
Filed Date: 06/04/2001
Most Recent Update: 01/08/2002
Determination Date: 01/08/2002
Expiration Date: 01/08/2004
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,374
SIGNATURE CLOTH
CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
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 June 4, 2001, and filed by UNITE, New York-New Jersey Regional Joint Board, on behalf of all workers at Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey. The workers were engaged in employment related to the production of printed fabric.
This investigation revealed that production and employment ceased at the subject plant in the relevant period, before the receipt of the petition. The investigation also disclosed that workers at Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey, have been impacted by a rising level of imports of printed fabric that has overshadowed domestic production. U.S. imports of printed fabric exceeded domestic production by nearly 300% in the third quarter of 2001
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 printed fabric produced at Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey 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 Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 18, 2000, through two years from the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of January, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,374
SIGNATURE CLOTH
CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
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 June 4, 2001, and filed by UNITE, New York-New Jersey Regional Joint Board, on behalf of all workers at Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey. The workers were engaged in employment related to the production of printed fabric.
This investigation revealed that production and employment ceased at the subject plant in the relevant period, before the receipt of the petition. The investigation also disclosed that workers at Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey, have been impacted by a rising level of imports of printed fabric that has overshadowed domestic production. U.S. imports of printed fabric exceeded domestic production by nearly 300% in the third quarter of 2001
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 printed fabric produced at Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey 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 Signature Cloth, Clifton, New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 18, 2000, through two years from the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of January, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance