DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-42,008

KRAFT FOODS
LIFESAVERS COMPANY
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF AEROTEK AUTOMOTIVE
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

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
September 19, 2002, applicable to workers of Kraft Foods,
Lifesavers Company, located in Holland, Michigan. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2002 (67 FR
63159).
At the request of petitioners, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of hard candy and
mints. An official of Kraft Foods, Lifesavers Company, reports
that leased workers of Aerotek Automotive, Kentwood, Michigan,
were engaged in producing candy and mints at the Lifesavers
Company plant in Holland, Michigan.
It is the Department’s intent to include all workers of the
firm affected by increased imports. Therefore, the Department is
amending the certification to include workers of Aerotek
Automotive producing hard candy and mints at Kraft Foods,
Lifesavers Company, Holland, Michigan.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-42,008 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Kraft Foods, Lifesavers Company, Holland,
Michigan, and leased workers of Aerotek Automotive,
producing hard candy and mints at Kraft Foods, Lifesavers
Company, Holland, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 14, 2001,
through September 19, 2004, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 25th 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-42,008

KRAFT FOODS
LIFESAVERS COMPANY
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade 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 August 26, 2002, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Kraft Foods, LifeSavers Company, Holland, Michigan. The workers
are engaged in employment related to the production of hard candy
and mints. Workers are not separable by product line.
The investigation revealed that Kraft Foods, LifeSavers
Company, Holland, Michigan, had a decrease in production and
employment during the relevant time period.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm began
importing like products in August of 2002. Imports will continue
to increase in direct correspondence to a phased production slow
down at the Holland facility causing separations there.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been
filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-6479).
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 by Kraft Foods,
LifeSavers Company, Holland, Michigan, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Kraft Foods, LifeSavers Company, Holland,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 14, 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 19th day of September 2002

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