Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 12/05/2000
Filed Date: 02/04/2002
Most Recent Update: 03/21/2002
Determination Date: 03/21/2002
Expiration Date: 03/21/2004
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,766
HARPER-WYMAN COMPANY
PRINCETON, ILLINOIS
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 February 4, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Harper-Wyman
Company, Princeton, Illinois. The workers produce top burners
and oven burners used in residential gas stoves and grills.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
05648).
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2001 as compared with 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of top
burners and oven burners used in residential gas stoves and
grills increased in 2001 as compared with 2000.
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 top burners and oven burners used in
residential gas stoves and grills produced at Harper-Wyman
Company, Princeton, Illinois, 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 Harper-Wyman Company, Princeton, Illinois,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 5, 2000, through two years from the date
of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of March, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,766
HARPER-WYMAN COMPANY
PRINCETON, ILLINOIS
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 February 4, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Harper-Wyman
Company, Princeton, Illinois. The workers produce top burners
and oven burners used in residential gas stoves and grills.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
05648).
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2001 as compared with 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of top
burners and oven burners used in residential gas stoves and
grills increased in 2001 as compared with 2000.
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 top burners and oven burners used in
residential gas stoves and grills produced at Harper-Wyman
Company, Princeton, Illinois, 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 Harper-Wyman Company, Princeton, Illinois,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 5, 2000, through two years from the date
of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of March, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance