DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,277

UFE INCORPORATED
RIVER FALLS, 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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on May 21, 2001, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at UFE Incorporated, River
Falls, Wisconsin. The workers produce custom injection molded
plastic parts.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The workers were denied Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits
on March 9, 2001. The identifying number is TA-W-39,277. The
conditions relating to that denial have not changed.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is not
importing custom injection molded plastic parts. The subject
firm's customer base remained constant since the last decision.
The petitioners alleged that the company shifted some
machinery to a foreign source. However, a shift in production or
machinery to a foreign source does not meet the eligibility
requirements. The product(s) the plant workers produce must be
imported back to the United States to meet the requirements as
described in criterion (3).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of UFE
Incorporated, River Falls, Wisconsin, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 4th day of June 2001.


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