DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,577
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY
MICROINTERNCONNECT SYSTEMS DIVISION
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially sepa-
rated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.



The investigation was initiated on May 28, 2002, in response
to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Microinterconnect
Systems Division, Columbia, Missouri. The workers perform
product-finishing operations on flexible circuits.
The investigation revealed that criterion (1) has not been
met.
The subject firm did not experience a decrease in employment
during the period of the investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Microinterconnect
Systems Division, Columbia, Missouri are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of July 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance