DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,859

MODERN TOOL & DIE
MODERN LINE PRODUCTS
INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI

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 on August 20, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America, Local
8421, on behalf of workers at Modern Tool & Die, Modern Line
Products, Indianola, Mississippi. The workers produce outdoor lawn
equipment.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import outdoor lawn equipment during the relevant period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed no imports of outdoor lawn equipment.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Modern
Tool & Die, Modern Line Products, Indianola, Mississippi engaged in
employment related to the production of outdoor lawn equipment, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of May, 2002.



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