DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,533

FROEDTERT MALTING
A DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL MALTING COMPANY, LLC
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 January 7, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by UAW-AFL-CIO, Brewery Workers, Local 9 on
behalf of workers at Froedtert Malting, a division of International
Malting Company, LLC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The workers produce
malt.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import malt during the relevant period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's customers
revealed no increase in imports of malt while reducing purchases
from the subject firm.
Similarly, from 2000 to 2001 U.S. aggregate data shows a
decrease in imports of roasted and not roasted malt.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-5551).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Froedtert Malting, a division of International Malting Company,
LLC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin engaged in employment related to the
production of malt, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of June, 2002.



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