DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,688

COOPER TOOLS/NICHOLSON SAW
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

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 on February 20, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Cooper Tools/Nicholson Saw, Greenville, Mississippi.
The workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
bandsaws and hacksaws. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject plant decreased during the period under investigation.
The subject firm is replacing production of hacksaws at the
Greenville plant with hacksaws produced abroad to supply U.S.
customers.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that there was an increase in imports of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced
by the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Cooper Tools/Nicholson Saw, Greenville,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 5, 2000, 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 3rd day of May, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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