DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,514

ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, LLC
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 May 13, 2002, and filed by United Steelworkers of
America, Local 4802 on behalf of workers at Aladdin Industries,
LLC, Nashville, Tennessee. The workers produce hot and cold
insulated products, including thermos bottles and beverage mugs.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001, and
again from the first quarter of 2001 to the first quarter of 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
thermos bottles and beverage mugs increased during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with hot and cold insulated products,
including thermos bottles and beverage mugs produced by Aladdin
Industries, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, 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 Aladdin Industries, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee
engaged in employment related to the production of hot and
cold insulated products, including thermos bottles and
beverage mugs, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 19, 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 18th day of July, 2002.

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