DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,246

JAKEL INC.
EAST PRAIRIE, MISSOURI

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 eligi-
bility 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 October 23, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at
Jakel Inc., East Prairie, Missouri. The workers produce small
electrical motors for appliances.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject plant in the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of small


electrical motors for appliances. The results of the survey
revealed that the customers increased their purchases of imported
small electrical motors for appliances in the relevant period.
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 small electrical motors for appliances
produced at Jakel Inc., East Prairie, Missouri contributed impor-

tantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or
partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Jakel Inc., East Prairie, Missouri who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 13, 1999, through two years from the date of
this certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of December, 2000.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance