FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2003
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FORMER
BOEING EMPLOYEES RECEIVE TRADE
READJUSTMENT |
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Expired
Benefits Returned to Tulsa, OK Employees
Under Trade Act of 1974 OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced today
that displaced workers from the Tulsa facility of Boeing Commercial
Aircraft are eligible to receive financial help. The U.S. Department of
Labor has ruled that former employees of the Tulsa, OK plant 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 at Boeing Company, Boeing
Commercial Aircraft, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Wichita Division, Tulsa Business
Unit, Tulsa, Oklahoma who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 17, 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 September 21, 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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