DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,705

COOPER CROUSE-HINDS
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION
A DIVISION OF COOPER INDUSTRIES
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

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 June 24, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at Cooper
Crouse-Hinds, Commercial Products Department, a division of Cooper
Industries, Roanoke, Virginia. The workers produce compression and
conduit fittings, switches, junction boxes, enclosures, alarms,
lighting, plugs and receptacles. The workers at the subject firm
are not separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined during the relevant time period.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
compression and conduit fittings, switches, junction boxes,
enclosures, alarms, lighting, plugs and receptacles increased
absolutely 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 compression and conduit fittings,
switches, junction boxes, enclosures, alarms, lighting, plugs and
receptacles produced by Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Commercial Products
Department, a division of Cooper Industries, Roanoke, Virginia,
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 Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Commercial Products
Department, a division of Cooper Industries, Roanoke,
Virginia, engaged in employment related to the production of
compression and conduit fittings, switches, junction boxes,
enclosures, alarms, lighting, plugs and receptacles, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 3, 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 29th day of August, 2002.


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