DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,793

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
SANGER, CALIFORNIA

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 separated;

(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 July 8, 2002 in response to
a petition filed by the International Union of Electronic,
Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, Local 1014, on
behalf of workers at General Cable Corporation, Sanger, California.
The workers produce wire and cable for the telecommunications
industry.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import wire and cable during 2000-2001 and January to June 2001-
2002. The attenuation of production at Sanger occurred as the
subject firm moved that production to another domestic location.
A Department of Labor survey revealed that major customers did
not import wire and cable like or directly competitive with that
made at Sanger, California in the relevant periods.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at General
Cable Corporation, Sanger, California, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 4th day of September 2002.


/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance