DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,516

WOODS INDUSTRIES
LOOGOOTEE MANUFACTURING
LOOGOOTEE, INDIANA

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 July 2, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at Woods Industries, Loogootee Manufacturing, Loogootee, Indiana.. The workers produced electrical cord sets.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and employment declined at the subject plant during the relevant periods. The plant closed in early 2001.
The company increased their imports of electrical cord sets in 2001 replacing production at the Loogootee 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 electrical cord sets produced at Woods Industries, Loogootee Maniufacturing, Loogootee, Indiana, 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 Loogootee Mfg., Loogootee, Indiana 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 12th day of September, 2001.



/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance