DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,838

PANNIER CORPORATION
GLENSHAW, 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 February 19, 2002,
in response to a petition filed by the IAM and AW LL #52, on
behalf of employees at Pannier Corporation, Glenshaw,
Pennsylvania. The affected workers produced industrial marking
systems.
The investigation revealed sales and employment declined
from 2000 to 2001. The subject firm did not import industrial
marking systems.
A customer survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor
revealed that the subject firm's customers did not import
industrial marking systems.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers Pannier
Corporation, Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of May, 2002


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