DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,700

CHALLENGER ELECTRIC COMPANY
PAGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 2, 2001, on
behalf of workers at Challenger Electric Company, Pageland, South
Carolina. The workers produce porcelain lampholders.
This investigation revealed that sales, employment and
production declined during the period of this investigation.
Further findings of the investigation revealed that the
subject firm is increasingly relying on purchases of porcelain
lampholders from abroad.
A petition for eligibility for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment
Assistance has been filed on behalf of the same group of workers
at the subject firm, NAFTA #4496. A determination on that case
will be issued concurrently with this case.


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 porcelain lampholders produced at
Challenger Electric Company, Pageland, South Carolina,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or 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 of Challenger Electric Company, Pageland, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 2, 2001, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of March, 2001.



/s/ Linda G. Poole


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