OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced today that
displaced workers from the Grove, OK and Seneca, MO facilities of Eagle-Picher
Technologies, L.L.C. are eligible to receive financial help. The U.S. Department
of Labor has ruled that former employees of the Grove
business meet requirements to receive trade adjustment assistance
according to the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade
and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-418). Under Section 223 of the
legislation, workers qualify for adjustment assistance if three criteria are
met: 1) workers must be laid off or threatened with layoff; 2) sales or
production must have decreased; and 3) increases in imports of products like or
directly competitive with products made by the firm
must contribute to layoffs or the threat of layoffs. Trade adjustment assistance
is available to individuals who become unemployed as a result of increased
imports or a shift in production. The goal is to help laid off workers return to
suitable employment as quickly as possible.
The
report concludes that “all workers of Eagle-Picher Technologies, L.L.C., a
division of Eagle-Picher Industries, in Grove, Oklahoma and Seneca, Missouri who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after March 6, 2001
through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance…” The first day of eligibility for the assistance is
May 11, 2002. Separated
employees who would like to take advantage of this assistance should contact
their nearest Workforce Oklahoma Local Office at 1-888-840-WORK (9675).
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