DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,961

WRS MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO LAB
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA


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 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:
(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 in response to a petition
received on August 27, 2001, and filed by the company on behalf
of workers at WRS Motion Picture & Video Lab, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce video/film.
The investigation revealed that the company is not importing
competitive products.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm=s declining customers regarding their purchases of
video/film during the relevant period. The survey revealed that
none of the customers reported imports of like or competitive
products.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of WRS
Motion Picture & Video Lab, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance