DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-42,266
PRESTO MANUFACTURING COMPANY
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
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 October 7, 2002, filed by the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on behalf of workers at Presto
Manufacturing Company, Jackson, Mississippi. The workers produced
pressure cookers.
Findings of the investigation revealed that sales and
employment at the Jackson facility declined during the period of
the investigation. The facility is permanently closing in December
2002.


Further findings revealed that the subject firm is importing
pressure cookers contributing to separations in the Jackson
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with pressure cookers produced by
Presto Manufacturing Company, Jackson, Mississippi, 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 Presto Manufacturing Company, Jackson,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 3, 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 16th day of December 2002.

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