DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,071

LAMBERT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
GLOVE DIVISION
PLANT 3
CHILLICOTHE, MISSOURI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of its 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 Trade
Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222
of the Trade Act must be met. It is determined in this case
that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been
met.
The investigation was initiated on November 23, 2004,
in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of
Lambert Manufacturing Company, Inc., Glove Division, Plant
3, Chillicothe, Missouri. The workers produce leather work
gloves.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject firm from 2002 to 2003
and also declined from January through October 2004.
The investigation also revealed that the company is
increasing its reliance on imports of leather work gloves.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974
(26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act
must be met. The Department has determined in this case
that the requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the glove
industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of
articles like or directly competitive with leather work
gloves produced by Lambert Manufacturing Company, Inc.,
Glove Division, Plant 3, Chillicothe, Missouri, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers
and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"Workers of Lambert Manufacturing Company, Inc., Glove
Division, Plant 3, Chillicothe, Missouri, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 17, 2003 through two years from the
date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of January, 2005


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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