Former Employees of Southern Triangle Oil Co. v. U.S. Secretary of Labor

Musgrave, Judge:

This action was initiated by Mr. Charles Pierson, a former employee of the Southern Triangle Oil Company, to contest the refusal by the Department of Labor (“Labor”) to permit him to participate in the worker adjustment assistance benefits program being administered for other former employees of the company. In an opinion of February 14,1990, 14 CIT 100, 731 F. Supp. 517, this Court determined that the refusal to allow Mr. Pierson to participate was wrongful and in violation of the adjustment assistance legislation, especially in the light of amendments to that legislation…