DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,789

GUILDFORD OF MAINE
GUILFORD, MAINE

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 August 13, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by on behalf of workers at Guilford
of Maine, Guildford, Maine. The workers produce fabric for
office interior panels.
The investigation revealed that criteria (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm does not import fabric for office interior
panels.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of fabric for office
interior panels for the year 1999 to 2001. Results of the survey
indicate that none of the customers increased import purchases of
fabric for office interior panels while reducing purchases from
the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Guildford of Maine, Guilford, Maine, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of March, 2002


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