DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,371
FRANKLIN BRASS MFG. CO.
RANCHO DOMINIGUEZ, CALIFORNIA

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 April 22, 2002, filed by Teamsters, Local 692 on behalf
of workers at Franklin Brass Mfg. Co., Rancho Dominguez,
California.
Findings of this investigation revealed that sales,
production and employment at the subject plant declined in the
relevant time period.
Further findings revealed that the major contributing factor
to the layoffs at Franklin Brass Mfg. Co., Rancho Dominguez,
California is related to company imports of home bathroom
accessories and home safety accessories.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with home bathroom accessories and
home safety accessories produced by Franklin Brass Mfg. Co., Rancho
Dominguez, California, 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 Franklin Brass Mfg. Co., Rancho Dominguez,
California, engaged in the production of home bathroom
accessories and home safety accessories who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 26,
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 May, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance