DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,713

EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY
WIEGAND APPLIANCE DIVISION
VERNON, ALABAMA


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 eligi-
bility 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 by a company official on
behalf of workers at Emerson Electric Company, Wiegand Appliance
Division, Vernon, Alabama. The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of electric heating elements for
residential appliances.
The investigation revealed that production, sales, and
employment at the subject firm decreased from 2000 to the 2001
period, and also declined during the period of January-March 2002
as compared with the same period in 2001.
The investigation also revealed that the company increased
their imports of electric heating elements 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 Emerson
Electric Company, Wiegand Appliance Division, Vernon, Alabama
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 Emerson Electric Company, Wiegand Appliance
Division, Vernon, Alabama, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 10, 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 23rd day of August, 2002.



/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance