DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,451

CHICAGO LOCK
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on December 18, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Chicago
Lock, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The subject firm is a
subsidiary of Comp X International Inc. The workers produced
security locks.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Company imports decreased in January-October 2000 compared
to the same period in 1999.
The Department surveyed major customers of Chicago Lock
regarding their purchases of locks during January-October 1999
and January-October 2000. The survey revealed that none of the
respondents increased their purchases of imports during the
relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the parent company
decided to consolidate its Chicago Lock manufacturing operations
into other company facilities and close the facility at Pleasant
Prairie, Wisconsin. Production was transferred from the Pleasant
Prairie facility to another domestic affiliated company facility.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Chicago Lock, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of January, 2001

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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