DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,397

LORBER INDUSTRIES OF TEXAS
SNYDER, TEXAS

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 on December 10, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Lorber Industries of Texas, Snyder, Texas. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
cotton yarn.
This investigation revealed that the subject firm closed in
October of 2001, curtailing all production and employment.
The Department of Labor surveyed major declining customers
regarding their purchases of competitive products during the
relevant period. Results of this survey revealed that customers
increased their purchases of imported cotton yarn while
decreasing purchases from the subject firm, contributing to
subsequent layoffs.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by Lorber Industries of
Texas, Snyder, Texas, 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
Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Lorber Industries of Texas, Snyder, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 22, 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 11th day of June 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance