DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,656

ELJER PLUMBINGWARE, INC
FORD CITY, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on April 2, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by United Steelworkers of America, Local 158,
on behalf of workers of Eljer Plumbingware, Inc., Ford City
Pennsylvania. The workers of the subject facility produce vitreous
china plumbing fixtures.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that sales and production of
vitreous china plumbing fixtures increased in 2003 when compared to
2002 and during the period of January through February of 2004 when
compared to the same period in 2003.
Moreover, the subject facility did not shift production of
vitreous china plumbing fixtures to a foreign country during the
relevant period.



Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Eljer
Plumbingware, Inc., Ford City Pennsylvania are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of April 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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