DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,381
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS
NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS

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 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:
(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 subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on August 6, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at Electrolux Home Products, Nashville, Arkansas. The petitioners indicated that they produced electrical cords and cloth bags.




The investigation revealed that criterion (2) has not been met.
Findings show that the Electrolux plant in Nashville, Arkansas, produces handheld outdoor power products.
The investigation revealed that domestic production of electrical cords and cloth bags ceased more than one year prior to the date of the petition.
In accordance with Section 223(b) of the Act, no certification may apply to any workers whose last total or partial separation from the subject firm occurred before one year prior to the date of the petition.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Electrolux Home Products, Nashville, Arkansas, producing electric cords and cloth bags, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of January, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance