DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,057

KOLB-LENA BRESSE BLEU
WATERTOWN, 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 April 16, 2001 in re-
sponse to a petition filed by the United Food and Commercial
Workers International Union, Local 73A, on behalf of workers at
Kolb-Lena Bresse Bleu, Watertown, Wisconsin. Workers were en-
gaged in producing soft cheeses.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the soft
cheeses produced by Kolb-Lena Bresse Bleu, Watertown, Wisconsin,
during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that any separations at
the subject firm were due to a transfer of production to other
company-owned domestic facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Kolb-
Lena Bresse Bleu, Watertown, Wisconsin are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of August, 2001.





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