DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,369

HAGER HINGE COMPANY
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

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 June 4, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at Hager
Hinge Company, Greenville, Mississippi. The workers produce
residential door hinges.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant
periods.
The subject firm has increased its reliance on imports from
abroad of residential door hinges in the relevant time period
causing separations at the plant. 

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with residential door hinges produced at
Hager Hinge Company, Greenville, Mississippi, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Hager Hinge Company, Greenville,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 16, 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 29th day of June, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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