DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,036

MIDWEST ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, INC.
MANKATO, MINNESOTA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eli-
gibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on August 28, 2000, filed on behalf of workers at Midwest
Electric Products, Inc., Mankato, Minnesota. The workers produced
electrical disconnects and service entrances for air conditioners.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in production and levels of employment.
The investigation also showed that the firm is increasing its
imports of electrical disconnects and service entrances for air


conditioners causing separations at the subject plant.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA 4090).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by Midwest Electric
Products, Mankato, Minnesota, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales and production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Midwest Electric Products, Mankato,
Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 9, 1999, through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of October 2000.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance