DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,048

FASHION TANNING COMPANY, INC.
GLOVERSVILLE, 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 on September 3, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by UNITE, local 1712, on behalf of
workers at Fashion Tanning Company, Inc., Gloversville, New York.
The workers are engaged in employment related to the production
of finished leather.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject plant decreased during the period under
investigation.


The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of finished leather in the
2000-2001 and January to June, 2001-2002 time periods.
Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from the
subject firm and either increased imports absolutely or increased
their reliance on imports in one or more sets of time periods.
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 by Fashion
Tanning Company, Inc., Gloversville, New York, 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 Trade Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers at Fashion Tanning Company, Inc., Gloversville,
New York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 12, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of September 2002



/s/Richard Church _________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance