FORMER SOUTHWEST
CUPID EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE TRADE READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Expired
Benefits Returned
to Bristow, OK Employees Under Trade Act of 1974
OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced today that
displaced workers from the Bristow facility of Southwest Cupid are eligible to
receive financial help. The U.S. Department of Labor has ruled that former employees
of the Bristow, OK 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 Southwest Cupid, Bristow, Oklahoma, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 21, 2001 through August 6, 2004, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance…” The first day of eligibility for the assistance is August 3, 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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