DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,906

COOPER TOOLS
A DIVISION OF COOPER INDUSTRIES
CHERAW, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 July 29, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at Cooper
Tools, a division of Cooper Industries, Cheraw, South Carolina.
The workers produce soldering and desoldering tools, rotary burrs,
soldering tips, shot meters, and knurls.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely during the relevant period.


A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
declining customers revealed increases in imports of soldering and
desoldering tools, rotary burrs, soldering tips, shot meters, and
knurls while reducing purchases from the subject firm.
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 Cooper Tools, a
division of Cooper Industries, Cheraw, South Carolina 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 the Cooper Tools, a division of Cooper
Industries, Cheraw, South Carolina engaged in employment
related to the production of soldering and desoldering tools,
rotary burrs, soldering tips, shot meters, and knurls, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 9, 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 9th day of September, 2002.


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