DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,102

JOPLIN MANUFACTURING INC.
JOPLIN, MISSOURI

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 September 24, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at Joplin Manufacturing Inc., Joplin, Missouri. The workers produced packaged explosive products.
Production and employment at Joplin Manufacturing decreased from FY 2000 to FY 2001.
The investigation further revealed that the company increased imports of packaged explosives at the same time.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with packaged explosives produced at Joplin Manufacturing Inc., Joplin, Missouri. 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 Joplin Manufacturing Inc., Joplin, Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after September 3, 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 5th day of November, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Office, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance