DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,668

MOTOR APPLIANCE CORPORATION
WASHINGTON, MISSOURI


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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on February 12, 2001, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Motor
Appliance Corporation, Washington, Missouri. The workers produced
fractional and integral motors and components.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm imports a small number of parts for motors,
too small to impact significantly their overall production of
fractional and integral motors and components. The amount of
imports increased from 1999 to 2000, but the first quarter 2001
compared to 2000 showed a substantial decrease in imports.
The Department of Labor surveyed the major customer of the
subject firm. That survey disclosed that it does not import
fractional and integral motors and components.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA 4522).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Motor
Appliance Corporation, Washington, Missouri, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 13th day of June 2001.


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director,
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance