DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,263

HOSKINS MANUFACTURING CO.
CHARLEVOIX MANUFACTURING FACILITY
CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN

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 May 14, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Hoskins Manufacturing Company, Charlevoix Manufacturing Facility,
Charlevoix, Michigan. The workers were engaged in employment
related to the production of nickel chrome resistance alloys, iron
chromium aluminum alloys, and 522 spark plug alloys. Workers are
not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that sales decreased absolutely
during the relevant period.
The subject firm will close in July of 2001, causing worker
separations.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major customers regarding their purchases of specialty wire
alloys. The survey revealed that customers of the subject firm
have increased their foreign imports of specialty wire alloys.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed by the company on behalf of workers at the subject firm
(NAFTA-4828).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that there was an increase in imports of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced
by the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Hoskins Manufacturing Company, Charlevoix
Manufacturing Facility, Charlevoix, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 30, 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 16th day of July, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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