FORMER EAGLE PICHER EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE TRADE READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Expired
Benefits Returned to Quapaw,
OK Employees Under Trade Act of 1974
OKLAHOMA
CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced today that
displaced workers from the Quapaw facility of Eagle Picher Technologies, L.L.C.
Electro-Optical Materials Department are eligible to receive financial help. The
U.S. Department of Labor has ruled that former employees of the facility 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. Electro-Optical Materials Department, Quapaw, Oklahoma, engaged in employment related to the production of germanium optical materials who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 21, 2001 through September 4, 2004, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance…” The first day of eligibility for the assistance is August 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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