DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,153

SOLON MANUFACTURING
RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN

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 Solon
Manufacturing, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. The workers produce ice
cream and corn dog sticks.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment has been filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA - 4764). A determina-
tion on that petition will be made concurrently with this decision.
This investigation revealed that major customers of the
subject firm increased their purchases of imported ice cream sticks
while curtailing purchases from the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with ice cream sticks produced by
Solon Manufacturing, Rhinelander, Wisconsin 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 Solon Manufacturing, Rhinelander, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 9, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of May, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance