DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,973

HAWTHORN MISSOURI, INC.
HERMANN, MISSOURI


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 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:
(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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on March 11, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Hawthorn
Missouri, Inc., Hermann, Missouri. The workers produced canvas
tarpaulins.


The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm's imports of tarpaulins were not signify-
cant enough to have importantly affected the layoffs at the
subject facility.
The U.S. Department of Labor surveyed a major customer of
the subject firm. The survey revealed that the customer is not
buying imported canvas tarpaulins.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Hawthorn Missouri, Inc., Hermann, Missouri, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of May 2002.


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