DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,991

TELEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN

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 March 11, 2002, and filed jointly by a company official
and International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried,
Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications Workers of America,
Local 900 on behalf of workers at Telex Communications, Inc.,
Buchanan, Michigan. Workers of the subject firm produced
microphone and speaker components and were not separately
identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001. The
subject firm ceased production on May 3, 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased its reliance on imports of microphone and speaker
components during the relevant period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed jointly by a company official
and International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried,
Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications Workers of America,
Local 900 on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-5750).














Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with microphone and speaker components
produced by Telex Communications, Inc., Buchanan, Michigan
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 Telex Communications, Inc., Buchanan, Michigan
engaged in employment related to the production of microphone
and speaker components, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 18, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 11th day of June, 2002.



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