DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,615

EMERSON ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR & COMPONENTS COMPANY
WASECA, MINNESOTA

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 January 22, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Emerson Electronic Connector & Components Company, Waseca,
Minnesota. The workers produce coaxial connectors and are not
separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of coaxial connectors increased during the
relevant period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-5614).


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with coaxial connectors produced by
Emerson Electronic Connector & Components Company, Waseca,
Minnesota, 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 Emerson Electronic Connector & Components
Company, Waseca, Minnesota engaged in employment related to
the production of coaxial connectors, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 29,
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 at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of June, 2002.




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