DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,034

E.M. BAIR
CANTON, OHIO


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 August 26, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of E.M. Bair, Canton, Ohio. The
workers at the subject firm produced guide rollers for the steel
industry.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import guide rollers during the relevant period from 2001 to 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of guide rollers in 2000
through February 2002. This survey revealed negligible imports of
guide rollers during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at E.M.
Bair, Canton, Ohio are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 7th day of March, 2003.



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