DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,545

MULTI PRODUCTS, INC.
TOOL ROOM DIVISION
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 the
Department's negative determination regarding the eligibility of
workers at Multi Products, Inc., Tool Room Division, Erie,
Pennsylvania, to apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment
Assistance, NAFTA-5683. The workers produce custom plastic
injection molds.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from January-
November 2000 to 2001.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of custom plastic injection
molds 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 those produced at Multi Products,
Inc., Tool Room Division, Erie, Pennsylvania 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 the Multi Products, Inc., Tool Room Division,
Erie, Pennsylvania engaged in employment related to the
production of custom plastic injection molds, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May
06, 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 3rd day of June, 2002.




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