DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,168

DUPLEX NOVELTY CORP.
BRONX, NEW YORK

TA-W-41,168A

DUPLEX NOVELTY CORP.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 in response to a petition
received on March 25, 2002, and filed by the Union of Needletrades,
Industrial and Textile Employees, New York-New Jersey Regional
Joint Board, on behalf of workers at Duplex Novelty Corp., Bronx,
New York (TA-W-41,168) and New York, New York (TA-W-41,168A). The
workers produced wooden buttons.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to 2001. The subject
firm ceased production in June of 2001.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed an increase of imports of wooden buttons during
the relevant period.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Duplex Novelty
Corp., Bronx, New York (TA-W-41,168) and New York, New York (TA-W-
41,168A) 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 the Duplex Novelty Corp., Bronx, New York (TA-
W-41,168) and New York, New York (TA-W-41,168A) engaged in
employment related to the production of wooden buttons, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 17, 2001 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 at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of May, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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