DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,136

WESTERN ELECTRONICS
EUGENE DIVISION
EUGENE, OREGON

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 April 30, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at
Western Electronics, Eugene Division, Eugene, Oregon. The workers
produced electronic connector cables.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely during the
relevant period. The subject firm closed on November 1, 2001.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States aggregate imports of
electronic connector cables during the period under investigation.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-4751).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject
firm 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 Western Electronics, Eugene Division, Eugene,
Oregon, engaged in employment related to the production of
electronic connector cables, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 6, 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 9th day of July, 2002.


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