DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,268

FRAZER & JONES CO.
A DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CO.
SOWAY, NEW YORK

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 21, 2002, and filed jointly by International
Union of Electronic, Electrical Salaried Machine and Furniture
Workers, Local 300, and the company on behalf of workers at Frazer
& Jones Co., A division of The Eastern Co., Soway, New York. The
workers produce contract castings and component parts and are not
separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to
2001, and again from January to September 2002 when compared to the
same time period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of contract castings. This
survey revealed increases in imports of contract castings during
the period under investigation.
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 at Frazer & Jones
Co., A division of The Eastern Co., Soway, New York 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 the Frazer & Jones Co., A division of The
Eastern Co., Soway, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 2, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of January, 2003.



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