DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,508

DUO-FAST CORPORATION
CLEVELAND, 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
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 June 25, 2001, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Duo-Fast Corporation, Cleveland, Mississippi. The
workers produce plastic collated nails and staples.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm experienced
absolute declines in sales, production, and employment.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial increases in company imports of staples during the
relevant period.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with plastic collated nails and
staples, produced by Duo-Fast Corporation, Cleveland, Mississippi,
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 Duo-Fast Corporation, Cleveland, Mississippi,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 5, 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 17th day of July, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance