Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 08/09/2000
Filed Date: 08/20/2001
Most Recent Update: 01/22/2002
Determination Date: 01/22/2002
Expiration Date: 01/22/2004
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,877
SWEETHEART CUP COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
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 on August 20, 2001 in response to a petition filed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1553, on behalf of workers at Sweetheart Cup Company, Springfield, Missouri. The workers produce paper and foam (trophy) drinking cups.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA - 05195). The workers are not separately identifiable by product.
This investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject firm decreased during the period under investigation.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of foam drinking cups increased during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive the foam drinking cups produced at Sweetheart Cup Company, Springfield, Missouri, 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 Sweetheart Cup Company, Springfield, Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 9, 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 22nd day of January, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,877
SWEETHEART CUP COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
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 on August 20, 2001 in response to a petition filed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1553, on behalf of workers at Sweetheart Cup Company, Springfield, Missouri. The workers produce paper and foam (trophy) drinking cups.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA - 05195). The workers are not separately identifiable by product.
This investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject firm decreased during the period under investigation.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of foam drinking cups increased during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive the foam drinking cups produced at Sweetheart Cup Company, Springfield, Missouri, 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 Sweetheart Cup Company, Springfield, Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 9, 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 22nd day of January, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance