DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,189

BAKER ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS
MEMPHIS, MICHIGAN

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 September 30, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Baker Electrical Products, Inc., Memphis, Michigan. The
workers produce coils for ABS braking systems.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import like or directly competitive products during the relevant
period.
A survey conducted by the Department of Labor revealed that
major domestic customers did not significantly increase their
purchases of imported brake coils in the period ending August,
2002.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Baker
Electrical Products, Inc., Memphis, Michigan, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of November 2002.

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance