DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,104

SIEGEL ROBERT OF ARKANSAS
SIEGEL ROBERT INC.
WILSON, ARKANSAS


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 March 25, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Siegel
Robert of Arkansas, Siegel Robert Inc., Wilson, Arkansas. The
subject firm workers produce plastic automotive grilles and
parts.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) was not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import plastic automotive grilles and parts. Further, the
investigation found that over ninety percent of the subject
firm's production declines in the relevant period were
attributable to a shift in production to two domestic
facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Siegel Robert of Arkansas, Siegel Robert Inc., Wilson, Arkansas,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of April 2002.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance