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TAW-40073  /  Micro Tool & Mfg. (Meadville, PA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 09/24/2001
Most Recent Update: 12/14/2001
Determination Date: 12/14/2001
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,073

MICRO TOOL AND MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED
MEADVILLE, 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 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 September 24, 2001 in response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at Micro Tool and Manufacturing, Incorporated, Meadville, Pennsylvania. The workers produce plastic injection molds and components for molds.



The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The Department conducted a survey of the firms= major customers regarding purchases of plastic injection molds and components for molds. The survey revealed no purchases from foreign sources.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance was filed on behalf of workers at Micro Tool and Manufacturing, Incorporated, Meadville, Pennsylvania, under NAFTA (5330).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Micro Tool and Manufacturing, Incorporated, Meadville, Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 14th day of December, 2001


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