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TAW-39465  /  Baltic Dyeing & Finishing (Passaic, NJ)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 06/18/2001
Most Recent Update: 01/18/2002
Determination Date: 01/18/2002
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,465

BALTIC DYEING AND FINISHING
PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles produced by the firm or appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on June 18, 2001 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Baltic Dyeing and Finishing, Passaic, New Jersey. The workers dyed and finished fabric.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.

The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not import dyed and finished fabrics during the relevant period. Furthermore, a Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major declining customers showed that customers did not switch to foreign sources during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Baltic Dyeing and Finishing, Passaic, New Jersey engaged in employment related to the production of dyed and finished fabrics, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of January, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance