DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,185

JUNO, INCORPORATED
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS

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 eligi-
bility 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 subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appro-
priate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on September 30, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Juno, Inc.,
Blytheville, Arkansas. The workers produced injection molded parts.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the company did not import
injection molded parts during the relevant period of the
investigation.
The Department surveyed the major declining customers of Juno,
Inc., Blytheville, Arkansas regarding their purchases of injection
molded parts during 2000, 2001 and January through June 2002. The
survey revealed that none of the respondents increased their
purchases of imports while decreasing their purchases from the
subject firm during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that the company
consolidated plant production with an affiliated facility located
in Alexandria, Minnesota.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Juno,
Inc., Blytheville, Arkansas are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of November, 2002



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance