DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,000

DAICOLOR-POPE, INC.
PATERSON, NEW JERSEY

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 August 19, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by the Paper-Allied, Chemical and Energy
Workers International Union on behalf of workers at Daicolor-Pope,
Inc., Paterson, New Jersey. The workers produce organic pigments.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import organic pigments from 2000 to 2001 or in the period of
January through August 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of organic pigments. This
survey revealed negligible import increases of organic pigments
during the period under investigation.
The Department also conducted a survey regarding bids lost
during the relevant period. The survey revealed that jobs bid on
by Daicolor-Pope were awarded to other domestic producers to be
manufactured in the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Daicolor-Pope, Inc., a division of Dainichiseika of Japan,
Paterson, New Jersey, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 29th day of October, 2002.



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