Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 11/13/2000
Filed Date: 01/14/2002
Most Recent Update: 03/18/2002
Determination Date: 03/18/2002
Expiration Date: 05/30/2004
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,572
NORTHEAST BLEACH AND DYE, INC.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of April 15, 2002, the company, requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department=s
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on March 18, 2002, based on the finding that
imports of dyed yarn and fabric did not contribute importantly to
worker separations at the subject plant. The denial notice was
published in the Federal Register on March 29, 2002 (67 FR
15225).
To support the request for reconsideration, the company
indicated that an affiliated facility (Tiffany Knits, Inc.,
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania) located at the same location as
the subject plant, was certified on May 13, 2002 for TAA under
TA-W-40,603. The applicant further stated that the subject plant
was in direct support of that facility and had the same customer
base.
A review of the allegation and additional information
provided by the company shows that the subject firm dyed circular
knit fabrics (finished) for a TAA certified affiliated facility
(Tiffany Knits, Inc., Schuylkill, Pennsylvania) and shipped the
dyed circular knitting fabric to the customers. The two
companies were owned and operated by the same owner, and served
the same customer base. A review of the survey conducted for
Tiffany Knits, Inc. shows that a major customer increased their
imports of finished circular knit fabric during the relevant
period, thus impacting the workers of the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Northeast
Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Northeast Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill
Haven, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 13, 2000
through two years from the date of this certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 30th day of May 2002.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,572
NORTHEAST BLEACH AND DYE, INC.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, 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 on January 14, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Northeast Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill Haven,
Pennsylvania. The workers engaged in the dyeing of yarn and
fabric.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The United States Department of Labor conducted a survey of
the subject firm's major customers. It was revealed that the
subject firm's customers did not purchase dyed yarn and fabric
from foreign sources.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Northeast Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of March, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,572
NORTHEAST BLEACH AND DYE, INC.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of April 15, 2002, the company, requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department=s
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on March 18, 2002, based on the finding that
imports of dyed yarn and fabric did not contribute importantly to
worker separations at the subject plant. The denial notice was
published in the Federal Register on March 29, 2002 (67 FR
15225).
To support the request for reconsideration, the company
indicated that an affiliated facility (Tiffany Knits, Inc.,
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania) located at the same location as
the subject plant, was certified on May 13, 2002 for TAA under
TA-W-40,603. The applicant further stated that the subject plant
was in direct support of that facility and had the same customer
base.
A review of the allegation and additional information
provided by the company shows that the subject firm dyed circular
knit fabrics (finished) for a TAA certified affiliated facility
(Tiffany Knits, Inc., Schuylkill, Pennsylvania) and shipped the
dyed circular knitting fabric to the customers. The two
companies were owned and operated by the same owner, and served
the same customer base. A review of the survey conducted for
Tiffany Knits, Inc. shows that a major customer increased their
imports of finished circular knit fabric during the relevant
period, thus impacting the workers of the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Northeast
Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Northeast Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill
Haven, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 13, 2000
through two years from the date of this certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 30th day of May 2002.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,572
NORTHEAST BLEACH AND DYE, INC.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, 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 on January 14, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Northeast Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill Haven,
Pennsylvania. The workers engaged in the dyeing of yarn and
fabric.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The United States Department of Labor conducted a survey of
the subject firm's major customers. It was revealed that the
subject firm's customers did not purchase dyed yarn and fabric
from foreign sources.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Northeast Bleach and Dye, Inc., Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of March, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance