FORMER HAGALE
INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE TRADE READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Expired
Benefits Returned to Ardmore and Idabel Employees Under Trade Act of 1974
OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced today that
displaced workers from the Ardmore and Idabel
facilities of Hagale Industries, Inc. are eligible to receive financial
help. The U.S. Department of Labor has ruled that former employees of both the Ardmore,
OK and Idabel, OK facilities 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 Hagale Industries,
Inc., Ardmore, Oklahoma and Idabel, Oklahoma engaged in employment related to
the production of tailored dress slack; chino slacks and shorts; and jeans who
become totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 16,
2000 through March 30, 2003, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance…” The first day of eligibility for this assistance is the week
ending April 21, 2001.
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