DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,887

SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

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
eligibility 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 March 26, 2001, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at the Schlage Lock Company, San Jose, California. The
workers produce keys, pins, and springs.


The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined when the subject firm closed in June of 2001.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
keys, pins, and springs increased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with keys, pins, and springs produced
by Schlage Lock Company, San Jose, California, contributed
importantly 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 the Schlage Lock Company, San Jose,
California, engaged in employment related to the production of
keys, pins, and springs, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 8, 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 28th day of January, 2002.




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