Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/06/2000
Filed Date: 06/25/2001
Most Recent Update: 05/14/2002
Determination Date: 05/14/2002
Expiration Date: 05/14/2004
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,478
WINDOW CONCEPTS, INC.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA
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 June 25, 2001, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Window Concepts, Inc., Wilson, North Carolina. The
workers produced vertical blinds.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined from 1999 to 2000, and again from January
through June 2000 to January through June 2001. The investigation
further revealed that from 1999 to 2000, company imports of
vertical blinds increased.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with vertical blinds produced by
Window Concepts, Inc., Wilson, North Carolina, 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 Window Concepts, Inc., Wilson, North Carolina,
engaged in employment related to the production of vertical
blinds, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 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 14th day of May, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,478
WINDOW CONCEPTS, INC.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA
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 June 25, 2001, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Window Concepts, Inc., Wilson, North Carolina. The
workers produced vertical blinds.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined from 1999 to 2000, and again from January
through June 2000 to January through June 2001. The investigation
further revealed that from 1999 to 2000, company imports of
vertical blinds increased.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with vertical blinds produced by
Window Concepts, Inc., Wilson, North Carolina, 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 Window Concepts, Inc., Wilson, North Carolina,
engaged in employment related to the production of vertical
blinds, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 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 14th day of May, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance