DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,820

GENERAL CABLE CORP.
BICCGENERAL CABLE INDUSTRIES, INC.
OUTSIDE VOICE AND DATA TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIV.
BONHAM, TEXAS

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on October
21, 2002, applicable to workers of General Cable Corp., Outside
Voice and Data Telecommunications Div., Bonham, Texas. The
notice was published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2002
(67 FR 67420).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of copper telephone cable.
New information shows that for approximately six months,
General Cable Corp., Outside Voice and Data Telecommunications
Div. was operating under the name of Biccgeneral Cable
Industries, Inc. and that workers separated from employment at
the subject firm had their wages reported under a separate
unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for Biccgeneral Cable
Industries, Inc.


Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to
properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of General Cable Corp., Outside Voice and Data
Telecommunications Div., Bonham, Texas who were adversely
affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-41,820 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of General Cable Corp., Biccgeneral Cable
Industries, Inc., Outside Voice and Data
Telecommunications Div., Bonham, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 24, 2001, through October 21, 2004, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of April 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,820

GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
OUTSIDE VOICE AND DATA TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
BONHAM, TEXAS

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 on July 15, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, Local 2155 on behalf of workers at General
Cable Corporation, Outside Voice and Data Telecommunications
division, Bonham, Texas. The workers produce copper telephone
cable.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined at the subject firm from 2000 to 2001.
Furthermore, the investigation further revealed that company
imports of copper telephone cable increased during the relevant
period.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
Local 2155, on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-6317).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with copper telephone cable produced
by General Cable Corporation, Outside Voice and Data
Telecommunications division, Bonham, Texas, 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 General Cable Corporation, Outside Voice and
Data Telecommunications division, Bonham, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 24, 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 21st day of October, 2002.



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