FORMER
CHEVRON U.S.A. EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE TRADE READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Expired
Benefits Returned to Oklahomans Under Trade
Act of 1974
OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced today that
displaced local workers from the Chevron U.S.A. Production Company are eligible
to receive financial help. The U.S. Department of Labor has ruled that former
Oklahoma employees of the company 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 Chevron U.S.A. Production Company
operating in Oklahoma engaged in the production of crude oil who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
July 8, 2001 through July 24, 2004, 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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