DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,965

L.E. MASON COMPANY
THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade 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 March 11, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at L.E. Mason Company, Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is
a subsidiary of Thomas & Betts Corp., Memphis, Tennessee. The
workers produce weatherproof enclosures, electrical fittings, and
related items.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the L.E. Mason Company, Thomas & Betts Corporation, plant in
Boston decreased during the period under investigation.
The parent company is transferring production abroad and
importing products formerly manufactured at L.E. Mason Company,
leading to separations at the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by L.E. Mason
Company, Thomas & Betts Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts,
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 Trade Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers at L.E. Mason Company, Thomas & Betts
Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 5,
2001, 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 24th day of April 2002


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