DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,148

BROOK MANUFATURING COMPANY
UNION, MISSISSIPPI

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 25, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at Brook
Manufacturing Company, Union, Mississippi. The workers produce
pedal box modules for the automobile industry.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely from January-March 2001-2002. The
subject firm ceased production in January of 2002.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in import purchases of pedal box
modules during the relevant period, while decreasing purchases of
pedal box modules from the subject firm.
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 at Brook
Manufacturing Company, Union, Mississippi, 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 Brook Manufacturing Company, Union,
Mississippi engaged in employment related to the production of
pedal box modules, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 21, 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 28th day of June, 2002.




/s/ Curtis K. Kooser
______________________________
CURTIS KOOSER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance